L'échappée (Escape)

Directed by Hamid Saïdji and Jonathan Mason

With Saïd Aït Ali Saïd and Mouni Bouallam

Hocine Filali is a forty-something year old taxi driver in the port city of Algiers. His day-to-day routine has him snaking through thick morning traffic, bustling boulevards, and the occasional military checkpoint. In the distance, the sound of the call to prayer mixes with the crash of ocean waves as they bring word of what life might be like elsewhere, across the ocean, in Italy.