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One just needs to start walking, to start doing, to grasp onto something.
It is all here, in a manner of speaking, in this place. Right in front of me.
I just need to believe that "I can", and I am at home wherever I am.
It was night inside of me. Somewhere in the world, my being was torn in two. One was searching for his place in the south, the other in the north.
Between the two poles, a range of lighting on the faces I have followed, nomads from a world that has stopped making sense. Meeting them has kept the fire of life burning.

Credits

Director
Tarek Sami
Screenwriter
Tarek Sami
Producer
Lucie Deche
Production Company
L'Argent

About the Director

Tarek Sami
Tarek Sami was born in 1982 in Algeria and lives in France. His path is made up of crossroads that have brought him to a strong desire to make films. Themes such as exile, uprooting, and North-South relationships exist throughout his work. His previous film, 'Chantier A' (co-directed with K. Loualiche and L. Dèche), is a journey through Algeria built as a visual poem. It has been largely distribut