Genealogy of Violence
Synopsis
A young man sits in the car with his girlfriend. Two policemen in an unmarked car pull up to command a routine identity check. They invite him out and proceed methodically to a pat-down, as he stands in front of the car, under the dismayed eyes of his girlfriend.
Director(s) :
Mohamed Bourouissa
Country : France
Year : 2024
Genre : Experimental, Fiction
Duration : 00:15:15
Interpretation : Lucas Mortier, Bilel Chegrani, Nina Zem, Norman Paraisy
Scenario : Mohamed Bourouissa, Jean-René Étienne, Abdoulaziz Touré
Original soundtrack : . Lyla
About
Mohamed Bourouissa
Mohamed Bourouissa was born in 1978 in Blida, Algeria, and currently lives and works in Gennevilliers, France. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions in France and abroad, notably at Palais de Tokyo in 2024, at the Lam, the Musée d’Art moderne de Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris. In 2018, he was nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize. In 2017, he was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet photography prize. In 2020, he won the Deutsche Boerse Photography Foundation Prize following the exhibition "Libre échange" presented at Monoprix d'Arles as part of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie. In 2024, he was a finalist for the Merio Merz Prize. His works are held in prominent collections including those of MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, LACMA in Los Angeles, the Centre Pompidou and the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 2022, he won the Paris Photo - Aperture Foundation Photobook Prize with Loose Joints editions for the book "Périphérique." "Genealogy of Violence" is his first formal fiction movie.
