Credited cast: | |||
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Imad Benchenni | ... | Ahmed Zabana |
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Khaled Benaïssa | ... | Ali Zamoum |
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Abdelkader Djeriou | ... | Mahmoud Zertal (Zaban's lawyer) |
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Nicolas Pignon | ... | Prison director |
Abel Jafri | ... | Abdelkader Ferradj | |
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Anne Richard | ... | Forest ranger's wife |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Michel Aliaga | ||
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Brahim Arahmene | ... | lawyer Amara |
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Frédéric Aubry | ||
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Mustapha Ayad | ... | The imam |
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Boubaker Benaissa | ... | prison guard Boualem |
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Abdelah Besseghir | ||
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Samir Bouanani | ... | Larbi Daho |
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Tayeb Bouchateh | ... | Abdelhafid Boussouf |
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Éric Bougnon | ... | gendarme Nestor (as Eric Bougnon) |
Algeria's entry for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, "Zabana" chronicles the life of Ahmed Zabana, a man who fought for Algerian freedom in the Battle of Algiers. This film chronicles Zabana's fight to free his country to independence, and his death at the hands of French authorities.