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Tag Archives: Algeria
The Camp at Thiaroye (1988) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara, Philippe Chamelat
In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France Read More »
Papicha (2019) Mounia Meddour, Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups that seek to establish an archaic Islamic state. Read More »
Chronicle of the Years of Fire AKA Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr (1975) Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Yorgo Voyagis, Leila Shenna
Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1975, Chronicle of the Years of Embers Read More »
West Indies (1979) Med Hondo, Cyril Aventurin, Fernand Berset, Roland Bertin
This vast musical fresco covers hundreds of years of history from enslavement Read More »
Bloody Beans AKA Loubia hamra (2013) Narimane Mari, Adlane Aïssani, Amir Nourine, Bilal Azil
While the French army is shooting at the OAS, children plunder the French army Read More »
Little Senegal (2000) Rachid Bouchareb, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem
After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum Read More »
The Citadel AKA El kalaa (1989) Mohamed Chouikh, Djillali Ain-Tedeles, Khaled Barkat, Fatima Belhadj
In a small village in rural Algeria, the “village idiot” is madly in love with a married woman. Read More »
Ramparts of Clay AKA Remparts d’argile (1970) Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, Leila Shenna, Kricheche, Jean-Louis Trintignant
In 1962, change comes to a Tunisian village on the edge of the Sahara. Read More »
The Yellow House AKA La maison jaune (2007) Amor Hakkar, Aya Hamdi, Tounes Ait Ali
Algeria, in the arid landscapes of the Aures Mountains, a little girl named Aya plowing a piece of land. Read More »
Dust of Life AKA Poussières de vie (1995) Rachid Bouchareb, Daniel Guyant, Gilles Chitlaphone, Jehan Pagès
Based on a true story, after the US withdrawal and the fall of South Vietnam Read More »
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua AKA La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1979) Assia Djebbar
Returning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war Read More »
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo, Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. Read More »
The First Man (2011) Gianni Amelio, Michel Crémadès, Jacques Gamblin, Mickaël Batret
Franco-Italian production filmed in French and Italian directed by Amelio, based on the latest novel by Albert Camus, “The first man” unfinished work published in 1994. Read More »
The Sparrow (1972) Youssef Chahine, Salah Kabil, Ali El Scherif, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Drama
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt Read More »