Go Forth (Aller de l’avant)

Director: Sofiane Adel
Production Year: 2014
Length: 62 min
Language: French and Arabic with French subtitles
With Discussion

The director presents a portrait of Taklit Adel, his 79-year-old grandmother, a woman who was born in Algeria and lived in France for 60 years. The film weaves together the threads of both small and large histories, reflecting on ethnographic films as well as stories of daily life in the suburbs.

Aler de l’avant
Le réalisateur dresse le portrait de Taklit Adel, sa grand-mère âgée de 79 ans, née en Algérie et installée en France depuis 60 ans. Le film entrelace l’histoire personelle aussi bien que l’Histoire, en réfléchissant sur des films ethnographiques ainsi que sur les récits de la vie quotidienne en banlieue.