This is not how the young Swiss couple imagined their desert trip: on their way to Timbuktu, they break down and are stranded in the Algerian desert of Tar. Oliver is more concerned with the broken truck than with Elena, so she explores the oasis alone. There she meets two women: a mysterious fortune teller and the young Aya. And then there is Saïd's small public telephone exchange, which connects Tar with the outside world. While Elena discovers a new world, Oliver wants to end the trip as soon as possible.
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Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Youssouf
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
The Italian
Pasquale Aleardi
Oliver
Known for
Resident Evil
Rabbit Without Ears
Jean-Luc Bideau
Vieux Coyote
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Bruno Ganz
Stranger
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Downfall
The House That Jack Built
Mona Petri
Elena
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Animals
Harmony
Mohammed Soudani Director · Quitterie Duhurt-Gausserès Screenplay Jacopo Quadri Editor
First release March 2, 2010 · Produced in Algeria, Switzerland · Production Maghreb Films production
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Amka Films
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Maghreb Films production
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Algeria · Switzerland
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German
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Switzerland · March 2, 2010
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Switzerland
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