Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs (1993)
After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a writer. Under the name of Elissa Rhaïs, she becomes the darling of the literary Paris of the inter-war period, in search of oriental fantasies.
Director: Jacques Otmezguine
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Anne Canovas as Leila |
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Emmanuel Salinger as Raoul |
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Jean-Pierre Cassel as Lucien Rameau |
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Carine Lemaire as Monique |
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Chafia Boudraa as Aïcha |
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Alain Jancy as Bourdelle |
| Writing | Jacques Otmezguine | Writer |
| Writing | Isabelle Brault | Writer |
| Writing | Catherine Breillat | Writer |
| Writing | Yves Dangerfield | Writer |
| Writing | Françoise Verny | Writer |
| Directing | Jacques Otmezguine | Director |