Critic Shelf
Home
Discover
Sign in
Your rating
Tap a star, half steps count

Vote off

Mar 24, 2017 · 1h 22m
No ratings yet
Documentary

PLOT

Fayçal Hammoum recounts the 2014 presidential election through non-voting inhabitants of Algiers who, like him, are in their thirties. Be it Bilel, a grocer by default exposed to his customers’ political babbling, or the more politically-charged comments of Younes, a militant FM radio journalist opposed to President Bouteflika’s fourth term, the variety of conversational scenes in no way changes the determination not to vote for an old man who has been invisible for almost two years. The rappers Omar and Brahim are as bereft of hope and voter’s cards as the Tellek webradio DJ, since “the match is fixed”. Moving away from his focus on this subject to film their daily life, the filmmaker draws the portrait of a generation who, as Bilal says with poignant simplicity, “just wants to live

REVIEWS

View reviews

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Thala Films
Country
US

SIMILAR TITLES

Les Maisons De La Mer
2017
Tissalatine - Le Rappel Du Hoggar
2025
Milikᵘ tshishutshelimunuau
2022
Why We Vote
2022
Twïza, L'Aventure Algérienne
2019
Algeria 1954, The Revolt Of A Colonized
1974
Critic Shelf
Rate what you watch, show it on shelves, and compare taste with anyone. Film and TV data from TMDB.
ACCOUNT
Sign in
Create account
Delete account
COMPANY
About
Contact
Privacy
Terms
This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.
© 2026 Critic Shelf
WATCH · RATE · COMPARE