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.[1] The film was also the first 35mm full length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released wide-spread.[2]
Rachida | |
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Directed by | Yamina Bachir |
Written by | Yamina Bachir |
Produced by | Thierry Lenouvel Margarita Seguy |
Starring | Ibtissem Djouadi |
Cinematography | Mustafa Ben Mihoub |
Edited by | Cécile Andreotti Yamina Bachir |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Algeria |
Languages | French Arabic |
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.
Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film | |
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