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Merzak Allouache

Activities : Director, Screenwriter
Date of Birth : 06/10/1944
Represented by : Agents Associés - Catherine Winckelmuller
Agent : Catherine Winckelmuller

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Merzak Allouache

Merzak Allouache

Merzak Allouache

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Merzak Allouache

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Merzak Allouache - The Repentant

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (10 films)

The Repentant (2012) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Nabil Asli, Adila Bendimerad, Khaled Benaïssa Co-production : JBA Production Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Algeria region of the high flatlands. As Islamist groups continue to spread terror, Rashid, a young Jihadist, leaves the mountains to return to his village. In keeping with the law “of pardon and national harmony”, he has to...

Normal ! (2011) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Nabil Asli, Samir El Hakim, Ahmed Benaïssa, Adila Bendimerad, Nouha Mathlouti... Foreign production company : Baya Films Genres : Fiction

Harragas (2009) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Nabil Asli, Lamia Boussekine, Seddik Benyagoub, Mohamed Takerrat, Samir El Hakim... Associate production company : Librisfilms Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Mostaganem, 200 kilometers from the Algerian coast. Hassan, a people smuggler, secretly prepares the illegal departure of a group of immigrants for the Spanish coast. Ten "burners" participate in the journey. Harragas is the...

Bab El Web (2004) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Samy Naceri, Julie Gayet, Faudel , Hacène Benzerari, Boualem Benani... Associate production company : Maïa Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Kamel and his brother Bouzid live in Bab el Oued, a working-class neighborhood of Algiers. Kamel is a world-weary, taciturn loner. Bouzid, more jovial, is an Internet addict. He spends his time in a cybercafé “chatting” with girls...

Chouchou (2003) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Gad Elmaleh, Alain Chabat, Roschdy Zem, Claude Brasseur, Catherine Frot... Associate production company : Films Christian Fechner Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Chouchou, a young North African, passes himself off as a Chilean exile fleeing the dictatorship to illegally enter France. He is taken in by Father Leon, responsible for a parish in a Parisian suburb. Although Chouchou’s real...

The Other World (2001) Director : Merzak Allouache Actors : Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti, Abdelkrim Bahloul... Associate production company : Lancelot Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Paris, 1999. Yasmine, of Algerian descent, hasn’t heard from her fiancé Rachid who had a sudden impulse to join the Algerian army some time ago. Worried by his silence, she goes looking for him. Alone in a country whose language...

Delegations (7)

	Doha Tribeca Film Festival - 2011 Director Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Qatar
	Dubai International Film Festival - 2009 Director Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United Arab Emirates
	Venice Days - 2009 Director : Harragas Type : Feature film festival Location : Italy
	Dubai International Film Festival - 2005 Director : Bab El Web Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United Arab Emirates
	Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2005 Director : Bab El Web Type : International market Location : France
	Tokyo- French Film Festival - 2003 Chouchou Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Japan
	Rotterdam International Film Festival - 2002 Director : The Other World Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Netherlands