OMAR LA FRAISE – Bande-annonce Officielle
A session moderated by Boris Henry and directed by Elias Belkeddar, with the participation of Camille Faucourt, curator and co-curator of the "Méditerranées" exhibition.
Omar la Fraise a film by Elias Belkeddar (France, 2023, 1h40)
With Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel and Meriem Amiar
Omar is an old-fashioned thug. Sentenced to twenty years in prison in France, he is forced to flee to Algeria with Roger, his long-time sidekick.
By going into exile in a country that isn’t really his own (he’s considered French by the Algerians, and Algerian by the French), Omar aka “La Fraise” discovers another form of marginality, between depression, wandering and attempts at stability. In this setting, where the calm of the desert meets the chaos of the city, where laughter often follows horror, and where drug trafficking gives way to cake-making, his meeting with Samia awakens in him a desire for appeasement. Omar la Fraise tells the story of an unconditional friendship that’s full of humor, tenderness and melancholy.
The session then continues in the forum, providing an opportunity to discuss the film while enjoying a Mediterranean specialty, to the accompaniment of music and board games!
In collaboration with Après M
Biographies
Elias Bel¬ked¬dar
Director, scriptwriter and producer for Iconoclast Films, Elias Belkeddar has co-produced Antoine de Bary’s Mes jours de gloire (2020) and Mourad Winter’s L’amour c’est surcoté (2025). He also co-wrote Athena by Romain Gavras (2022). In 2013, he directed his first short film, Todo se puede, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Five years later, he directed his second short, Un jour de mariage, shot in Algiers and selected for Critics’ Week, where it won the Canal+ prize for best short film. After directing the video for DJ Snake’s “Disco Maghreb”, he signed his first feature film, Omar la Fraise, starring Reda Kateb and Benoît Magimel, which was presented in 2023 as an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
Boris Henry
Boris Henry holds a doctorate in “Lettres et Arts” and specializes in the filmmaker Tod Browning. He has been a lecturer in film history and analysis since 2008 (Aix-Marseille University, Université du Temps Libre). As a writer, trainer and educationalist, he also regularly organizes meetings and introductory workshops in image analysis, feature writing and film presentation.
A session moderated by Boris Henry and directed by Elias Belkeddar, with the participation of Camille Faucourt, curator and co-curator of the "Méditerranées" exhibition.
OMAR LA FRAISE – Bande-annonce Officielle
Omar la Fraise a film by Elias Belkeddar (France, 2023, 1h40)
With Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel and Meriem Amiar
Omar is an old-fashioned thug. Sentenced to twenty years in prison in France, he is forced to flee to Algeria with Roger, his long-time sidekick.
By going into exile in a country that isn’t really his own (he’s considered French by the Algerians, and Algerian by the French), Omar aka “La Fraise” discovers another form of marginality, between depression, wandering and attempts at stability. In this setting, where the calm of the desert meets the chaos of the city, where laughter often follows horror, and where drug trafficking gives way to cake-making, his meeting with Samia awakens in him a desire for appeasement. Omar la Fraise tells the story of an unconditional friendship that’s full of humor, tenderness and melancholy.
The session then continues in the forum, providing an opportunity to discuss the film while enjoying a Mediterranean specialty, to the accompaniment of music and board games!
In collaboration with Après M
Biographies
Elias Bel¬ked¬dar
Director, scriptwriter and producer for Iconoclast Films, Elias Belkeddar has co-produced Antoine de Bary’s Mes jours de gloire (2020) and Mourad Winter’s L’amour c’est surcoté (2025). He also co-wrote Athena by Romain Gavras (2022). In 2013, he directed his first short film, Todo se puede, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Five years later, he directed his second short, Un jour de mariage, shot in Algiers and selected for Critics’ Week, where it won the Canal+ prize for best short film. After directing the video for DJ Snake’s “Disco Maghreb”, he signed his first feature film, Omar la Fraise, starring Reda Kateb and Benoît Magimel, which was presented in 2023 as an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
Boris Henry
Boris Henry holds a doctorate in “Lettres et Arts” and specializes in the filmmaker Tod Browning. He has been a lecturer in film history and analysis since 2008 (Aix-Marseille University, Université du Temps Libre). As a writer, trainer and educationalist, he also regularly organizes meetings and introductory workshops in image analysis, feature writing and film presentation.
