06/05/2026
The Arab de Malek Bensmaïl annoncé parmi les dix meilleurs films au prochain Sydney film Festival 2026.
The 10 best movies to see at Sydney Film Festival 2026
https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/the-10-best-movies-to-see-at-sydney-film-festival-2026-050626
With François Ozon’s spin on The Stranger, Albert Camus’ existentialist nightmare, still fresh, Algerian documentarian Malek Bensmaïl’s debut dramatic feature offers an ideal companion piece. A post-colonial reworking of the already slippery text, it stars the late Ahmed Benaïssa as an old man who claims, to a drunken reporter (Nabil Asli), that he is the real-life brother of the unnamed ‘Arab’ murdered in the Camus. As reality and fiction blur, friction ensues in this mystery that also features Palestinian star Hiam Abbass, who also appears in Palestine 36 in this year’s SFF program.