The Honour of the Tribe (1993)
Like every year in Zitouna, a bear handler passes by. With his creature, he comes to challenge the small community. And like every year, it is Slimane El Mabrouk who defends the honor of the tribe. But this time, he dies, leaving two orphans, Omar and Ourida. Robbed of their inheritance, the children will grow up alone. The years pass, the French army settles in, and with it, the war. Mysteriously, one day, after the murder of a French legionnaire, Omar disappears into the bush, while his sister dies in childbirth. Omar will return to the village, much later, once independence has been acquired, as a representative of power and with this enigmatic formula: "You must know that the Revolution has not forgotten you". Personal revenge? Sincere desire to bring progress and modernity? ... The inhabitants of Zitouna, upset in their ancestral way of life, will not be long in having an answer to their questions.
Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri
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Saïd Amadis as Omar El Mabrouk |
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Larbi Zekkal as Ali Ben Saad |
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Mustapha El Anka as Georgeaud |
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Thierry Lhermitte as Le lieutenant français |
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Ticky Holgado as Martial |
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Mahmoud Zemmouri as Le Saltimbanque |
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Rabah Loucif as Le Facteur |
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Fawzi B. Saichi as Le joueur de Bonneteau |
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Mouss Zouheyri as Mohamed, le maire |
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Kader Kada as Aïssa, le boiteux |
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Hamza Feghouli as Moulay, le boucher |
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Edith Develeyne as Loulou |
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Naël Kervoas as Ourida |
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Noémie Kocher as La secrétaire d'Oumar |
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Brigitte Roüan as Suzanne, la folle |
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Isaac Sharry as Akli |
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Maurice Chevit as Le Narrateur |
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Louis Bellanti as Paulo, le légionnaire |
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Serge Berstein as Le 3eme Légionnaire |
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Brigitte Boucher as La Grande |
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Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane as L'Imam |
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Magid Bouali as Djamel, le jeune avocat |
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Marianne Caron as Macha |
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Djamel Dekkar as Tête d'Oignon |
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Abdelaziz Guerda as Messaoud, le cafetier |
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Madani Meslem as Kouider, le forgeron |
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Ammar Trad as Ali, e cordonnier |
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Anne Zamberlan as La Maquerelle |
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Soraya Chermat as La secrétaire du ministère |
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Monica Cirano as Une Prostituée |
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Michel Culotti as Le Client du Bordel |
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Nadja Maria de Barros as Une Prostistuée |
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Denys Fleutot as Le second légonnaire |
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Mouloud Hamouani as le planton du ministère |
| Directing | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Director |
| Writing | Rachid Mimouni | Writer |
| Writing | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Writer |
| Sound | Jean-Marie Sénia | Music |
| Editing | Jacques Gaillard | Editor |
| Art | Jacques Rouxel | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohamed Cherfaoui | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Philippe Bouchez | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Philippe Sénéchal | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mix Technician |
| Editing | Sylvie Adnin | Editor |
| Editing | Franck Arblade | Editor |