''El Gusto'' is a Franco-Irish-Algerian documentary film realised and produced by
Safinez Bousbia, released on January 11, 2012 in France.
Synopsis
''El Gusto'' chronicles the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim
Chaabi
Chaabi ( in Arabic), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different music genres in North Africa and the Middle East such as Algerian chaabi, Moroccan chaabi and Egyptian Shaabi.
Chaabi music just means 'music ...
musicians torn apart by war for 50 years, and reunited for an exceptional concert.
Music
A studio album, ''Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers'', was produced by
Damon Albarn in Algeria
for his own
Honest Jon's
Honest Jon's is a British independent record shop based on Portobello Road in Ladbroke Grove, London, operating since 1974. The shop is owned and run by Mark Ainley and Alan Scholefield, who took over from one of the original proprietors, "Hone ...
label.
It was distributed by
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...
in 2007.
The musical supervision of the film, production of its album and the continuation of the adventure was then provided by .
Cast
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Mamad Haïder Benchaouchi : in his own role.
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Abdel Hadi Halo
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
: in his own role.
*
Reda Djilali : in his own role.
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Rachid Berkani
Rashid or Rachid ( ar, راشد ) and Rasheed ( ar, رشيد ), which means "rightly guided", may refer to:
*Rashid (name), also Rachid and Rasheed, people with the given name or surname
*Rached, a given name and surname
* Rashad, a surname
Pla ...
: in his own role.
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Ahmed Bernaoui
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
: in his own role.
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Robert Castel
Robert Castel (1 August 1933 – 12 March 2013) was a French sociologist and researcher at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Academic career
Castel was born in Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon, now part of Brest. He initially studi ...
: in his own role.
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Luc Cherki
Luc or LUC may refer to:
Places
* Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune
* Luc, Lozère, France, a commune
* Le Luc, France, a commune
* Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement
People and fictional characters
* Luc (given name)
* Luc (surname)
...
: in his own role.
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Mustapha Tahmi
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name Mou ...
: in his own role.
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Mohamed el-Ferkioui
Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam.
Muhammad and variations may also refer to:
*Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations
...
: in his own role.
Concerts
* 2014:
** 27/11: Opéra de Monte Carlo, Monaco (France)
** 23/10: Womex, Santiago de Compostella (Spain)
* 2013:
** 27/11: La Halle aux grains, Toulouse (France)
** 19/10: La Coursive, La Rochelle (France)
** 17/10: Festival des Libertés, Bruxelles (Belgium)
** 11/08: Green Music Center, Sonoma (United States)
** 10/08: Grand Performance, Los Angeles (United States)
** 06/08: Kennedy Center, Washington D.C (United States)
** 03/08: Lincoln Center, New York (United States)
** 15/06: Festival des Chants Sacrés, Fes (Morocco)
** 15/06: UNESCO, Paris (France)
** 03/06: The Barbican, Londres (UK)
** 02/06: The Carré Theater, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
** 31/05: Mawazine, Rabat (Morocco)
* 2012:
** 30/10: World Music Festival, Oslo (Norway)
** 27/10: Le Colisée, Roubaix (France)
** 24&25/10: MC2, Grenoble (France)
** 21/10: La Paloma, Nîmes (France)
** 20/10: Les Docks du Sud, Marseille (France)
** 18/10: Le Mals, Sochaux (France)
** 30/09: Musée du Judaïsme, Paris (France)
** 09/08: Les Nuits du Sud, Vence (France)
** 07/08: Théâtre de la Mer, Sète (France)
** 05/08: Festival du Bout du Monde, Crozon (France)
** 04/08: Festival Esperanzah, Namur (Belgium)
** 13/07: Les Suds à Arles, Arles (France)
** 11/07: Scènes d'été, Geneva (Switzerland)
** 06/07: Les Hauts de Garonne, Bordeaux (France)
** 12/01: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (Belgium)
** 9&10/01: Le Grand Rex, Paris (France)
* 2007-2010:
** Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles (Belgium)
** L'Alhambra, Paris (France)
** Andalousies Atlantiques, Essaouira (Morocco)
**
Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon (France)
** The Opening of the Jazz Fest, Berlin (Germany)
** The Barbican, London (UK)
** Théâtre du Gymnase, Marseille (France)
** Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris (France)
Awards
In 2011, ''El Gusto'' won two awards at the
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...
, including the "FRIPESCI prize" and Best Director from the Arab World for Safinez Bousbia.
References
External links
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2011 documentary films
2011 films
Documentary films about African music
Algerian music