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Rachida is a 2002 Algerian drama film directed by Yamina Bachir. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread.[2]
Plot
Rachida lives and teaches in a popular neighborhood in Algiers. Like most of her countrymen, she thinks the conflict which is bleeding out her country does not affect her, until the day she is confronted by a group of terrorists that includes a former student of hers, Sofiane. The group asks her to plant a bomb in her school. When she refuses, the terrorists shoot her in cold blood. She saves her life miraculously and takes refuge in a nearby village.
Cast
- Ibtissem Djouadi - Rachida
- Bahia Rachedi - Aïcha
- Rachida Messaoui En - Zohra
- Hamid Remas - Hassen
- Zaki Boulenafed - Khaled
- Amel Choukh - La mariée
- Abdelkader Belmokadem - Mokhtar
- Azzedine Bougherra - Tahar
- Amal Ksili - Fatima
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sandstorm". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ^ Ames, Roy (2015). New voices in Arab cinema. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780253015228. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
External links
- Rachida at IMDb
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)