Bab El-Oued City

1994 film

  • 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10)
Running time
93 minutesCountryAlgeriaLanguageArabic

Bab El-Oued City is a 1994 Algerian drama film directed by Merzak Allouache. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.[1]

Plot

Boualem is a baker's boy who works early mornings and sleeps during the day. One day, the imam's prayer is boosted to full volume through Bab El-Oued's loud speakers, leading Boualem to tear out one of those speakers and throw it in the sea. The Islamic authorities of the city launch a manhunt for the perpetrator.[2]

Cast

  • Nadia Kaci - Yamina
  • Mohamed Ourdache - Said
  • Hassan Abidou - Boualem
  • Mabrouk Ait Amara - Mabrouk
  • Messaoud Hattau - Mess
  • Mourad Khen - Rachid
  • Djamila Bachène [ar] - Lalla Djamila
  • Simone Vignote - The aunt
  • Michel Such - Paulo Gosen
  • Nadia Samir - Ouardya
  • Areski Nebti - Hassan the baker
  • Osmane Bechikh - The postman
  • Fawzi B. Saichi - The shoemender
  • Fatma Zohra Bouseboua - Hanifa
  • Ahmed Benaissa - The Imam

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bab El-Oued City". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Bab El Oued City - Film (1994) - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

External links

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Films directed by Merzak Allouache
  • Omar Gatlato (1976)
  • Bab El-Oued City (1994)
  • Lumière and Company (1995)
  • Hi Cousin! (1996)
  • Chouchou (2003)
  • Harragas (2009)
  • Normal! (2011)
  • The Repentant (2012)


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