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Bab El-Oued City (1994)
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10 November 1994 (Netherlands) morePlot:
Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nadia Kaci | ... | Yamina |
| Mohamed Ourdache | ... | Said |
| Hassan Abidou | ... | Boualem |
| Mabrouk Ait Amara | ... | Mabrouk |
| Messaoud Hattau | ... | Mess |
| Mourad Khen | ... | Rachid |
| Djamila | ... | 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 |
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Algiers, AlgeriaFun Stuff
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A searing film about the growing tension between secular and fundamentalist Algerians that would plunge Algeria into a blood bath soon after this movie was made.
The tendency of an oppressed society to self-mutilation is made painfully palpable: nobody is happy and nobody CAN be happy; nobody can enjoy even what they love; only hatred and despair are left. And the longing, somehow, to escape.
All the participants act as though their lives depended on it: especially unforgettable is the strikingly beautiful Hassan Abdou (listed as Abidou by IMDb) whose unique face seems to embody all the happiness that could be, but isn't.