Nadir Moknèche
Nacimiento : 1965-02-21, Paris France
Screenplay
Rennes, nowadays. Saïd still lives with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent. Unable to face his family, he agrees to an arranged marriage with Hadjira. After an unhappy love affair and a few run-ins with the law, she too has resigned herself to obeying her mother. Trapped by their families, Saïd and Hadjira join forces in spite of themselves, to find their own freedom.
Director
Rennes, nowadays. Saïd still lives with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent. Unable to face his family, he agrees to an arranged marriage with Hadjira. After an unhappy love affair and a few run-ins with the law, she too has resigned herself to obeying her mother. Trapped by their families, Saïd and Hadjira join forces in spite of themselves, to find their own freedom.
Le mari de Rachida
Zino, de 27 años, hijo de inmigrantes argelinos, acaba de perder a su madre en París. Hijo único, fue ésta quien lo crió desde que su padre Farid se fuera, hace más de 20 años. Zino cree, por lo que su madre le decía, que su padre los abandonó y decide buscarlo.
Writer
Zino, de 27 años, hijo de inmigrantes argelinos, acaba de perder a su madre en París. Hijo único, fue ésta quien lo crió desde que su padre Farid se fuera, hace más de 20 años. Zino cree, por lo que su madre le decía, que su padre los abandonó y decide buscarlo.
Director
Zino, de 27 años, hijo de inmigrantes argelinos, acaba de perder a su madre en París. Hijo único, fue ésta quien lo crió desde que su padre Farid se fuera, hace más de 20 años. Zino cree, por lo que su madre le decía, que su padre los abandonó y decide buscarlo.
Writer
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...
Director
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...
Writer
Atop 17 flights of stairs, Madame Aldjeria rules over a crew of beautiful young women with the help of faithful son Riyad and clever lawyer Djaffar. Madame Aldjeria can set up a lonely old man with companionship or destroy the reputation of whomever the client wants humiliated. But when Riyad grows attracted to a beautiful new girl, Paloma, and a potentially huge new project runs into trouble, Aldjeria could lose everything she's worked for.
Director
Atop 17 flights of stairs, Madame Aldjeria rules over a crew of beautiful young women with the help of faithful son Riyad and clever lawyer Djaffar. Madame Aldjeria can set up a lonely old man with companionship or destroy the reputation of whomever the client wants humiliated. But when Riyad grows attracted to a beautiful new girl, Paloma, and a potentially huge new project runs into trouble, Aldjeria could lose everything she's worked for.
Director
This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. Goucem, a young woman who works for a photographer and mistress of a rich doctor, her mother Papicha, a former cabaret star, and her best friend Fifi, a prostitute, all live in a hotel in the city center of Algiers. Their difficult personal situation and the growing influence of Islam lead to dramatic consequences...
Scenario Writer
Argel, 1993. Corren tiempos de toque de queda. En la casa de Madame Osmane, una antigua combatiente de la guerra de la Independencia, viven su hija, su nuera, su nieta, su criada y dos mujeres a las que ha alquilado una habitación. Madame Osmane está obsesionada con la respetabilidad e impone una férrea disciplina bajo su techo. Cuando su hija se enamora, el mundo de Madame Osmane, hasta entonces perfectamente controlado, empieza a desmoronarse.
Director
Argel, 1993. Corren tiempos de toque de queda. En la casa de Madame Osmane, una antigua combatiente de la guerra de la Independencia, viven su hija, su nuera, su nieta, su criada y dos mujeres a las que ha alquilado una habitación. Madame Osmane está obsesionada con la respetabilidad e impone una férrea disciplina bajo su techo. Cuando su hija se enamora, el mundo de Madame Osmane, hasta entonces perfectamente controlado, empieza a desmoronarse.
