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Rachida
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Wikipedia article
'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 wide-spread.
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 - Acha
* Rachida Messaoui En - Zohra
* Hamid Remas - Hassen
* Zaki Boulenafed - Khaled
* Amel Choukh - La marie
* Abdelkader Belmokadem - Mokhtar
* Azzedine Bougherra - Tahar
* Amal Ksili - Fatima
References
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