Aufstand (2008)
22KAufstand: Directed by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. With Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Abel Jafri, Sylvain Roume, Christian Milia-Darmezin. Talk of living wages and religious observances upsets the delicate accord between the boss of a run-down truck yard and his workers in this visually arresting take on the French-Algerian immigrant experience.
“I saw Dernier Maquis (or Adhen) at the last Cannes Festival. It is a strong political movie about a palette factory, where the boss tries to solve the social conflicts by opening a mosque and imposing an imam under his control. But a few rebel workers occupy the factory and begin a strike.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnce again, Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche cleverly mixes fiction and documentary, and offers a realistic vision, far away from the usual stereotypes, of the everyday life of illegal immigrants from Africa, easily exploited by the means of religion. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHe also delivers some very interesting and unusual questions, with the freedom for each spectator to search for his own answer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA spiritual movie where you can learn and think, which is quite rare at the moment.”
