Cannes. Bled Number One.

Bled Number One, "Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche's follow-up to his well-regarded debut Wesh-Wesh (What's Going On?) in 2001, translates roughly as Hicksville," explains Bernard Besserglik in the Hollywood Reporter, going on to call it "a finely observed slice of life shot in a low-key semi-documentary style. The latest in a run of French-made movies dealing with Franco-Algerian cross-currents, it speaks volumes about the conditions of life in today's Algeria."

For Time Out's Geoff Andrews, this Un Certain Regard entry is "a tad meandering but generally compelling until its final 20 minutes or so, when it loses both plot and all sense of purpose almost completely."

Posted by dwhudson at May 24, 2006 4:20 AM