Rachida is a 2002 Algerian drama film directed by Yamina Bachir. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread. Production details Title: Rachida Director: Yamina Bachir Producer: Jaco Van Dormael, Yamina Bachir Screenwriter: Yamina Bachir Cinematography: Luis Armando Arteaga Editing: Yamina Bachir Music: Robert Marcel Lepage Production companies: Les Films de la Source (France), INA (France), MIB Filmproduktion (Germany), Tanit Films (Algeria) Country of production: Algeria / France / Germany Original language: Arabic (Algerian dialect) Release year: 2002 Runtime: 100 minutes Format: 35 mm, Color Filming location: Algiers, Algeria
Plot Rachida lives and teaches in a popular neighborhood in Algiers. Like most of her countrymen, she thinks the conflict which is bleeding out her country does not affect her, until the day she is confronted by a group of terrorists that includes a former student of hers, Sofiane. The group asks her to plant a bomb in her school. When she refuses, the terrorists shoot her in cold blood. She saves her life miraculously and takes refuge in a nearby village.
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
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