Bab El-Oued City
1994 film
- 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10)
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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
External links
- Bab El-Oued City at IMDb
- Bab El-Oued City at Rotten Tomatoes
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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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