Rachida

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]. The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread.

Production details

Title: Rachida
Director: Yamina Bachir
Producer: Jaco Van Dormael, Yamina Bachir
Screenwriter: Yamina Bachir
Cinematography: Luis Armando Arteaga
Editing: Yamina Bachir
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Production companies: Les Films de la Source, INA, MIB Filmproduktion, Tanit Films
Country of production: Algeria / France / Germany
Original language: Arabic
Release year: 2002
Runtime: 100 minutes
Format: 35 mm, Color
Filming location: Algiers, Algeria
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

Rachida

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