Touchia, Song of the Women of Algiers (1993)
In the streets of Algiers, the fundamentalist fervor of the Black Decade is growing. Fella, a 40-year-old Algerian woman, is about to go out to participate in a television program and be interviewed. But doubt, fear, and pain make her hesitate. Is this the moment to speak out as a woman, to remember the past, to recount the dream, the utopia, and the reality after independence?
Director: Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
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Nabila Babli as Fella |
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Dalila Helilou as |
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Maria Cristina Fioretti as |
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Areski Nebti as |
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Leila Ait-Oukaci as |
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Samir Guittara as |
| Directing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Director |
| Writing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Writer |
| Writing | Maria-Cristina Paterlini | Writer |
| Editing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Claude Bonfanti | Editor |
| Camera | Ahmed Zine Bessa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kamel Mekesser | Sound |
| Sound | René Levert | Sound |