Follows the conflict between a young Algerian man and the local Islamic fundamentalists.
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Title: Bab El Oued City (1994)
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Cast
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Nadia Kaci | ... | Yamina |
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Mohamed Ourdache | ... | Said |
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Hassan Abidou | ... | Boualem |
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Mabrouk Ait Amara | ... | Mabrouk |
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Messaoud Hattau | ... | Mess |
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Mourad Khen | ... | Rachid |
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Djamila | ... | Lalla Djamila |
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Simone Vignote | ... | The aunt |
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Michel Such | ... | Paulo Gosen |
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Nadia Samir | ... | Ouardya |
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Areski Nebti | ... | Hassan the baker |
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Osmane Bechikh | ... | The postman |
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Fawzi B. Saichi | ... | The shoemender |
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Fatma Zohra Bouseboua | ... | Hanifa |
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Ahmed Benaissa | ... | The Imam |
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Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works at night in a bakery and steals the loudspeaker that was installed on his roof and was broadcasting the Imam's word... therefore preventing him from sleeping. This blunder is taken as a pretext by the Islamists to put the district under their control... Written by Yepok
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1990s | city name in title | algiers algeria | voice over writing | told in flashback |Parents Guide:
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This movie is ranked number 96 in the list of "TOP 100 Arabic Films" in history, the list released in 2013 from Dubai International Film Festival and picked by 475 cinema expert. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Language:
ArabicRelease Date:
16 November 1994 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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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.