Głos z francuskich przedmieść – Wesh wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? i Bled Number One Rabaha Ameur-Zaïmeche’a
A Voice of the French Suburbs: Wesh wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? and Bled Number One by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes a film diptych by the French-Algerian director Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche: Wesh wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? (2001) and Bled Number One (2006). The diptych explores the social, economic, and legal situation of thousands of North African immigrants and their descendants living in the French banlieues. Films devoted to these issues have been created in France for decades and have become an object of interest for many Western scholars, but in Poland they still have not received sufficient attention. In this article, the author analyzes the components of the world depicted in both films, primarily by relating them to the real world. She considers the elements of the diegesis as reflecting the real (social, economic etc.) phenomena. She also focuses on the director’s individual, paradocumentary style and formal solutions, showing how they emphasize the meaning of both films.

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