Le Thé d'Ania
[Ania's Tea]
SCREENS : Saturday March 31st at 7:00 PM
DIRECTOR: Said Ould Khelifa bio
Producer: AGAT Films/ENTV
Screenwriter: Lou Inglebert & Said Ould Khelifa
Music: Marc Perrone
Principal Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Miloud Khetib, Rym Takoucht, Djamel Allam, and Rachid Fares
World Sales: Heliotrope Films
Genre: Drama
Length: 95 min.
Country of Production: Algeria/France
Year of Production: 2004
Languages: French with English subtitles
Synopsis
Mehdi, an Algerian novelist, no longer has the courage to speak aloud, so he writes while the violence that surrounds him seizes, without distinction, the bodies and hearts of his country. In order to continue on with his life, Mehdi hides himself in his work as a civil servant for the city morgue of Algiers. The rest of the time he lives, isolated in his apartment, surround only by sheets of paper blackened by loves impulses and a burning sun. In a neighboring apartment lives Ania, the daughter of Europeans who left Algeria after the war for independence in 1962. Their developing connection troubles Mehdi as he fears endangering the people around him by the threats that weigh on his own life. All the same, Ania continues to bring Mehdi a tray of tea everyday even when it means finding his door shut to the world.
Awards & Nominations
Special Award of the Jury, Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, Brussels, 2004
Festivals
International Film Festival of Amiens, 2004
Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, Brussels, 2004
Festival "de l'encre a l'ecran", Tours, 2005