Ahmed Malek’s name might have been forgotten by his fellow Algerians but his timeless tunes certainly haven’t. Called the Ennio Morricone of Algiers, he composed music for more than 200 movies, amongst which the most famous films of the Algerian New Wave in the 70s and the 80s can be found. Paloma Colombe, a DJ, digger and documentary director, went to Algiers to meet his daughter, friends and former coworkers. Images of the city by night offer a perfect background to Ahmed Malek’s music. Globetrotter, pioneer of electronic music and of the concept of the home studio, he created a unique sound that truly goes beyond genres and countries.
Paloma Colombe
Writer, Director
Ahmed Malek
Self (archive footage)
Henia Malek
(Self- Daughter)
Hadjab Abdenour
Self (Ahmed Malek Friend)
Mohamed Guechoud
(Self - Compositeur)
Mourad Guechoud
(Self - Compositeur)
Aida Guechoud
Self (Actress)
Merzak Allouache
Self -Director
Bad 2572%
Music by John Williams80%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
The Velvet Underground67%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
WHAM!73%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
The Last Repair Shop74%
180° South72%
Western Stars70%
Les Étoiles vagabondes73%
The Last Waltz76%
Score: A Film Music Documentary71%
Stop Making Sense83%
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese70%
Daguerréotypes73%
Varda par Agnès79%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Bigflo & Oli : Presque Trop70%
The Who: The Kids Are Alright73%
