Algeria / Nov 16, 1994
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mabrouk Ait Amara | Mabrouk |
| Mourad Khen | Rachid |
| Simone Vignote | The Aunt |
| Michel Such | Paulo Gosen |
| Areski Nebti | Hassan the baker |
| Fawzi B. Saichi | The Shoemender |
| Fatma Zohra Bouseboua | Hanifa |
| Ahmed Benaissa | The Imam |
| Mohamed Tahar Harhoura | The Man in the BMW |
| Abdelghani Kama | Kader |
| Khadidja Mezini | Lynda |
| Bouchra Benmouboub | Hanane |
| Agsous Djazia Mila | Aicha |
| Nassiba Daoui | Lamia |
| Yasmine Boukadoum | Fatima |
| Bouzrina Abdelkarim | Tahar |
| Kassoul Bounouar |
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| Hassani Mhamed | Trabendiste |
| Mabrouk Amar | Alilou |
| Abdelaziz Abdelhak | Tewfik |
| Djegham Omar | Omar |
Genres
DramaComedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bab El Oued City |
| Original language | العربية (AR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية, Français |
| Production countries | Algeria |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Flash Back Audiovisuel, La Sept Cinéma, Les Matins Films, ZDF, Thelma Film |
| Release date | 16 novembre 1994 |
| Production | Jacques Bidou, Jean-Pierre Gallepe, Yacine Djadi |
| Writer | Merzak Allouache |
| Editing | Marie-Blanche Colonna |
| Cinematography | Jean-Jacques Mréjen |
| Assistant directors | Merzak Allouache |
| Camera operators | Jean-Jacques Mréjen |
| Additional photography | Jean-Jacques Mréjen |
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