Bab El-Oued City
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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
.
1994 in film
1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...
Algerian drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Merzak Allouache
Merzak Allouache
Merzak Allouache is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 16 films since 1976. His 1996 film Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category for Best Foreign Language Film....
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival
1994 Cannes Film Festival
The 1994 Cannes Film Festival started on 12 May and ran until 23 May. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino.-Official Selection:*Clint Eastwood *Catherine Deneuve...
, where it won the FIPRESCI Award
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
.
Cast
- 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