The Temple Woods Gang

A retired army man lives in the Temple Woods housing project outside Paris, where his young neighbor belongs to a local gang about to rob the convoy of an Arab prince.

                   
“Like all of this great French-Algerian director’s films, The Temple Woods Gang rages at the conditions of our oppression.” – Screen Slate

     
“One of the ten best films of the year.” – Cahiers du Cinéma

       
“One of the most fascinating and consistently surprising auteurs to emerge from France these past two decades.” – The Hollywood Reporter       

Two years after his birth, Rabah AMEUR-ZAÏMECHE (1968, Algeria) moved to France with his parents, where he grew up in the banlieue of Paris. After a study in humanities, he founded his own production company, Sarrazink Productions. His second film, Bled Number One (2006), was awarded at Cannes. Besides Cannes, his films have been screened in Berlin, Locarno and Toronto. Terminal Sud (2019) is his sixth film.