El Ghoula

(1972)

★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Year: 1972

Country: Algeria

Director: Mustapha Kateb

Cast: Rouiched, Larbi Zekkal, Allel El Mouhib, Latifa Kazdarli

Plot

An adaptation of the satirical play of the same name by comedian Rouïched (Ahmed Ayad). "El-Ghoula" (The Vampire) tells the story of a corrupt official who lives off the peasants of an agricultural cooperative. Instead of solving problems, this official manipulates empty rhetoric and "revolutionary" slogans to galvanize them and encourage them to continue working. Opportunistic, he will transform the fellahs' work into chaotic bureaucratic procedures for his own personal gain.