Back to Town
Batna, que je t'aime
Switzerland, December 2025
FILM,
Documentary,
73 min.
- directed by
- Djamel Lakehal
- Written by
- Djamel Lakehal
- Status
- In distribution
At the Café des Arts, two young musicians dreaming of forming a rock band cross paths with two septuagenarians, founding members of The Play-Boys (1965–71). From this unlikely meeting is born a vibrant exchange: the elders guide the novices, while the energy of youth rekindles in them the desire to return to the stage after half a century. Blending documentary and fiction, the film captures not only this improbable comeback, but also the pulse of a city that seems to have forgotten its artistic soul.
credits
- World Premiere
- December 2025
- Original Version
- Arabic, French (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 73 min.
- Production
- Regent Films by Lakehal
- Producer
- Djamel Lakehal
- directed by
- Djamel Lakehal
- Written by
- Djamel Lakehal
- Cinematography
- Salah Haffar, Salah Djellal
- Editing
- Youcef Debbihi
- Music
- Faical Maalem, Hakim Said Krim, Lazhar Hadj-Tayeb
Cast
Lazhar Hadj-Tayeb
Nabil Tamine
Hamoudi Helalate
Hakim Said Krim
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Regent Films by Lakehal