Lounès Tazairt
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Birthday: January 01, 1948
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The Kid from Chaaba
1998-01-14
The Kid from Chaaba
Overview: Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf, is an autobiographical novel by Azouz Begag about his life as a young Algerian boy growing up in a shantytown next to Lyon, France, called the Chaâba by its inhabitants. The story covers a period of approximately three years in the life of the protagonist and deals with issues developing from the clash between two cultures, that of France and that of North Africa, as well as the difficulties of finding a cultural identity between the two. The story focuses on the cultural differences between the Arab and French communities, as well as how the two groups react to each other
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-01-14
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Viva Algeria
2004-04-07
Viva Algeria
Overview: This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. Goucem, a young woman who works for a photographer and mistress of a rich doctor, her mother Papicha, a former cabaret star, and her best friend Fifi, a prostitute, all live in a hotel in the city center of Algiers. Their difficult personal situation and the growing influence of Islam lead to dramatic consequences...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-04-07
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Fevers
2014-10-01
Fevers
Overview: Benjamin is at war: with life, with adults, with himself. From his earliest childhood onwards, the 13-year old has been shunted from one care home to another. When his mother has to go to prison, he is sent to his father, whom he has never known. The man turns out to be a dead loss, a warehouseman who's given up on life, a man in his mid-40s who still lives with his Moroccan parents in a high-rise block in the banlieue. Benjamin's turbulence and violence soon prove too much for his new family.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-01
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Aïcha
2023-06-10
Aïcha
Overview: Elsa, 12, lives with her mother in a small village in Provence, France. She eagerly awaits the arrival of her Algerian grandfather who is visiting them for the first time. This encounter will unexpectedly transform her relationship with her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-10
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Qanis
2014-09-16
Qanis
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-16
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Le Passager du Tassili
1987-08-05
Le Passager du Tassili
Overview: Omar, a young Franco-Algerian from La Garenne-Colombes, decided to spend his vacation in the country of his ancestors, Algeria. On his return, he boards the ferry “Le Tassili” and during the crossing, he meets people who share his doubles, in a good mood that does not hide their heartbreaks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-08-05
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Un Chibani
2016-12-13
Un Chibani
Overview: An old North African man, sitting in an Algerian bar, remembers his life spent in France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-12-13
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Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
2005-10-26
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas
Overview: Young Zaina, must lead a caravan of precious thoroughbreds to Marrakech to take part of the most prestigious of all races : the Agdal. Along she'll have to face powerful OMAR and learn to trust her newly discovered father Mustapha.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-10-26
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The Flight of the Phoenix
1984-09-26
The Flight of the Phoenix
Overview: Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-26
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Omar Killed Me
2011-06-21
Omar Killed Me
Overview: In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-21
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Le Come Back
Le Come Back
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Original Language: fr
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No Time for Justice
1990-05-30
No Time for Justice
Overview: A man is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He will be sexually abused in prison.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-05-30
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Murder on Devil's Bridge
2018-11-02
Murder on Devil's Bridge
Overview: A town mayor ends his life on Devil's Bridge.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Black Really Suits You
2012-12-05
Black Really Suits You
Overview: The life of a Middle-East family of immigrants in Europe. The father carries the heavy burden of banishment. To rescue his culture, his traditions, is mandatory, so he remains faithful to his past, his origins, to himself. His daughter is now a grown-up. He worries and wishes she would get married soon. The young woman leaves the family home every morning, but changes her clothes in a bar before she goes to work, her hair down. She puzzles the young boss of the company that employs her. He fell in love and is ready to do anything to marry her. But the young woman keeps her freedom of choice, just like her mother had done with her father. She won’t have time to introduce the only man for her to her parents. A friend of her father’s catches them. In a cafe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-12-05
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The Assault
2011-01-17
The Assault
Overview: December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-01-17
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Intimate Enemies
2007-10-03
Intimate Enemies
Overview: A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-03
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