The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 42: Contexts - Omar Gatlatlo (Merzak Allouache, 1976)

https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/10/18/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-42-omar-gatlato-aka-omar-it-kills-him-merzak-allouache-algeria-1976/ A greatly beloved work, a landmark film in Algeria. Filmed in 1976, in that period between the end of the Algerian War in 1962 and the start of what would become known as the black decade of the 90s, Omar Gatlato is a study of machismo, a document of Algiers in that period, an experiment in film and one of the films Chahine recommended we see. I was very glad we did. The podcast touches on all of these topics and more.