Seeking paths to existence in Rachid Djaïdani’s Rengaine

This chapter examines Rachid Djaïdani’sfilm Rengaine which, like his previous works, questions classification, eludes labels, and fosters universalist ideals. Rengaine initiates a dialogue between the particular and the universal, between the traditional family order marked by patriarchal domination and the assertion of a cultural, ethnic, and sexual identity whose fluidity makes it open to negotiation.