El Gusto
Directed bySafinez Bousbia
Produced bySafinez Bousbia, Philippe Maynial, Heidi Egger
Music byOrchestre El Gusto
Distributed byUGC-PH
Release dates
  • September 2011 (2011-09) (Abu Dhabi Film Festival)[1]
  • January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesAlgeria, France, Ireland
LanguageFrench
Budget€2,419,437

El Gusto is a Franco-Irish-Algerian documentary film realised and produced by Safinez Bousbia, released on January 11, 2012 in France, which centers on the reunion of Jewish and Muslim members of an Algerian music group.[2]

Background

El Gusto chronicles the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim Chaabi musicians torn apart by war for 50 years, and reunited for an exceptional concert.[3][4][5] The film took seven years to produce.[2]

Music

A studio album, Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers, was produced by Damon Albarn in Algeria[6] for his own Honest Jon's label.[7] It was distributed by EMI in 2007.

The musical supervision of the film, production of its album and the continuation of the adventure was then provided by Sodi [fr].

Cast

Concerts

Awards

In 2011, El Gusto won two awards at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, including the "FRIPESCI prize" and Best Director from the Arab World for Safinez Bousbia.[8]

References

  1. ^ "200 Films Set for 2011 Abu Dhabi Film Festival". 21 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b Everett, S. S., & Crowley, P. (2017). The Many (Im) possibilities of Contemporary Algerian Judaïtés. Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism 1988–2015, 63-80.
  3. ^ Sciolino, Elaine (2012-10-12). "Algerian Songs and Friendships, Reborn". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  4. ^ Rothe, E. Nina (2012-05-17). "Safinez Bousbia's El Gusto: Film as a Movement to Change Lives". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  5. ^ DeFore, John (2012-04-16). "El Gusto: Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  6. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (1 May 2008). Britannica Book of the Year 2008. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-59339-494-3.
  7. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (25 November 2006). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510. ((cite book)): |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Awards - 2011 - Archive - Abu Dhabi Film Festival". Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2015-05-11.

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