Rachida (2002)
Directed by Yamina Bachir

Drama

Film Synopsis

Rachida is 20.  She works as a schoolteacher in a poor district of Algiers.  One morning, she is approached by four young men.  Among them is Sofiane, one of her former pupils, who orders her to plant a bomb in her school.  Although fearful, Rachida refuses.  The young men shoot her and leave her for dead.  But she survives and takes refuge with her mother in a small village.  She thinks she is safe from the threat of terrorists...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Yamina Bachir
  • Script: Yamina Bachir
  • Cinematographer: Mustafa Ben Mihoub
  • Music: Anne-Olga De Pass
  • 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)
  • Country: Algeria / France
  • Language: French / Arabic
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 100 min

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