Summary
El Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaabi music.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 83GoodWatch 80
Audience score89%
IMDb7.6
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most music movies, −18 min on the typical 106
typical 10688Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 5 countries
Released
2012
January 11, 2012
14 years ago
Genres
MusicDocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicFrenchMade in
Ireland
16 people
- MHMamad Haider BenchaouchLe Fils De Famille
- Robert CastelLe Comédien
- Abdelmadjid MeskoudLe Rire
- RBRachid BerkaniLe Beau Gosse
- ABAhmed BernaouiLe Battant
- ACAbdelkader CherchamL' Académique
- LCLuc CherkiLe Nostalgique
- RERedha El-DjilaliLe Solitaire
- MEMohamed El-FerkiouiLe Miroitier
- MEMaurice El-MedioniLe Méditerranéen
- AGAbdelrahmane GuellatiL' Artiste
- JHJoseph HadjajL' Optimiste
- LHLiamine HaimouneLe Tendre
- EHEl Hadi HaloLe Parrain
- RPRené PerezLe Perfectionniste
- MTMustapha TahmiLe Joker
Directing · 1
- Safinez Bousbia Director
Writing · 1
- Safinez Bousbia Writer
Editing · 1
- Françoise Bonnot Editor
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