Version : Français, Arabe
Duration : 15'
Format : 35 mm., 16 mm., Béta SP, DVCam
Colors
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
With
Commentaire dit par René LEBRUN
Music
A. CAMPRA, MISSOUM, G. VAN PARYS, J. WIENER
Picture
Guy ESCHLIMANN
With the participation of
Ministère d'Etat chargé des Affaires Algériennes
Archive footage
- Small-scale mechanical wheat harvesting in Algeria,
- Industrial flour mill,
- Industrial pasta manufacturing plant.
The world is divided into two groups: those who eat wheat and those who eat rice. It was in the land of rice that Marco Polo discovered the recipe for pasta. It’s not enough to use wheat flour to make pasta, you need a certain kind of wheat: durum wheat. Economists say that durum wheat has its deposits, and like gold, they are rare. It is the most secure of all currencies, the most vital of all capitals, the product of the earth, the sun and mankind.
