The House is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm

La maison brûle, autant se réchauffer

Quinzaine 2023 | Short film | 43 min | France

World premiere

Yanis, a young Kabyl man, is leaving for Paris the following day. He goes to the nearby village to tie up loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap in a café turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie, first desperate, then thoughtful and melancholic.

Director

Mouloud Aït Liotna

Mouloud Aït Liotna grew up in Algeria and left for France before his 18th birthday. He studied cinema and philosophy there, then worked in documentary development. The House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm is his first short film.

Artistic & technical sheet

With

Mehdi Ramdani (Yanis), Mohamed Lefkir (Hamid)

Screenplay
Mouloud Aït Liotna

Photography
Jowan Le Besco

Sound
Houcine Mellal

Music
Amazigh Kateb, Ptit Moh

Editing
Esther Frey

production
Avant la Nuit (France)
Benjamin Costes
+33 6 79 04 52 93
contact@avantlanuit.fr

coproduction
L'Œil Vif Productions (France)
Mouloud Ouyahia

Ventes et distribution internationales

MAD Solutions

shams.mohajerani@mad-solutions.com

Vente et distribution France

Avant la Nuit

contact@avantlanuit.fr

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