Chafia Boudraa
Biography: Chafia Boudraa (in arabic : شافية بوذراع), real name Atika Boudraa born April 22, 1930 Constantine is an Algerian actress. She is the widow of Shahid (an FLN fighter during the war of independence, who died in combat in 1960). She left Constantine, her hometown, for Algiers in 1964. She began by working in different professions to provide for the needs of a family of eleven children: caregiver, switchboard operator, housekeeper, before contacting the RTA to work there, at stamp in several films. Chafia Boudraa will be revealed to the general public, thanks to the television series “El Hariq” (Fire) by Mustapha Badie, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib. She will even play the role of the widow in “The Taming of the Shrew” produced by the National Theater of Algiers. Since these beginnings, his face has stood out with talent in Algerian and international television and cinema productions. During a rich career spanning over fifty years, she also played in the film "Hors-La-Loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, which represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows destiny of three brothers torn apart by the Algerian war. She died on May 22, 2022.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 22, 1930
Deathday: May 22, 2022
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Mint Tea
1984-10-20
Mint Tea
Overview: A young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his mother unexpectedly arrives for a visit of several months, he is hard put to hide his circumstances -- and the fact that he has resorted to small-time criminal activity to support himself. His mother disembarks in her traditional attire, a warm-hearted woman who does not have a clue as to how this foreign society functions but also has absolutely no inhibitions about finding out, if the need arises. As the story progresses, the mother catches on to her son's circumstances though the two are still not able to confront the deception and right it. Even with a low budget, this first-time feature-length story by Bahloul Bahloul combines satire, comedy, and pathos to bring home a relationship between mother and son that transcends life's many obstacles.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-10-20
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Outside the Law
2010-09-21
Outside the Law
Overview: After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-21
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Leila and the Others
1977-01-02
Leila and the Others
Overview: The story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between conservative values and progressive modern Algeria.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1977-01-02
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Moussa's Wedding
1982-01-01
Moussa's Wedding
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Echebka (الشبكة)
1976-01-01
Echebka (الشبكة)
Overview: Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is forced to sell his goods at a discount every day to Si Khelifa (Abdelhalim Rais), owner of many trucks and a cannery where the wives work fishermen. He has a strange encounter. As he returns from fishing, bassinet in hand, he witnesses a car accident. Indeed, a car hits a tree with a beautiful girl “Hayat” on board who has lost consciousness. Maamar pulls her out of the car and saves her. It is at this precise moment that he realizes the existence of another world. As if awakened from a long sleep, he realizes that this exploitation can no longer continue. He leaves his village and his wife Laâlia (Fatima Belhadj) on a whim for three years. He finds himself in the capital which he leaves to return to his village and carry out a saving action...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Hassan Terro's Escape
1974-01-02
Hassan Terro's Escape
Overview: Directed by Mustapha Badie.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1974-01-02
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Just Like a Woman
2013-03-07
Just Like a Woman
Overview: Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a darker secret.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-07
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Beur Blanc Rouge
2006-05-17
Beur Blanc Rouge
Overview: Le match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va diviser les deux amis : Brahim revendique son identité algérienne, Mouloud fustige son refus de la France, pays qui les a vu grandir.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-05-17
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A Wife for My Son
1982-01-01
A Wife for My Son
Overview: An arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of an unhappy young Algerian woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Profumi d'Algeri
2015-01-01
Profumi d'Algeri
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Le Cri des hommes
1991-02-01
Le Cri des hommes
Overview: 1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-02-01
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Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs
1993-09-13
Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs
Overview: After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a writer. Under the name of Elissa Rhaïs, she becomes the darling of the literary Paris of the inter-war period, in search of oriental fantasies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-09-13
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Rückkehr aus der Wüste
1990-03-22
Rückkehr aus der Wüste
Overview: Film by Bernhard Stephan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-03-22
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Mohamed Bertrand-Duval
1991-10-25
Mohamed Bertrand-Duval
Overview: In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the burdens of his well-paid executive position. After getting fired when a business proposal he has worked on is translated very badly to his English boss, he confides that he has lost his job to his wife. When she freaks out about that, he gets into his camper and heads south. There, a group of wandering Arab thieves rob him of everything he has of value but then admit him into their circle, calling him "Mohamed." One of their best scams comes when the newly renamed executive proposes that they rob his Paris home to raise money to start a restaurant. Though they are thieves, these new friends show every evidence of having more loyalty, good cheer, and basic morality than the associates the hero left behind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-10-25
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Kahla wa Bayda
1980-01-01
Kahla wa Bayda
Overview: Rabie is a kid from Sétif in 1980, trying to collect money to buy a wheelchair for his paralyzid sister Sassia, so she can get out of the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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