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Hassan El-Hassani
whose real name was Hassan Bencheikh, known by the stage name Hassan El-Hassani (Arabic: حسن الحسني), (24 April 1916 – 25 September 1987) was an Algerian comedian. Biography Bencheikh was born in Ksar Boukhari, near Medea, French Algeria. He was a humorist, actor, and comedian who was responsible for the founding of various theatre groups. He was also a member of the National Assembly and received the Resistance Medal. Across more than thirty films, Bencheikh embodied ''Boubagra'', a caricature of a naive peasant full of good sense and wisdom in the face of socioeconomic stagnation. Bencheikh had comedic aspirations from childhood, and he first began acting in 1940 when Mahieddine Bachtarzi's theatre company travelled through Berrouaghia, where Bencheikh worked as a hairdresser. Encouraged by Bachtarzi, El Hassani wrote his first play, ''Hassan's Dreams,'' a satire mocking European colonialism in Africa. The anti-Colonialist messages in the play led to his arrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the Casbah or citadel (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. Names The city's name is derived via French and Catalan ''Origins of Algiers'' by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941, published in ''El Djezair Sheets'', July 194History of Algeria . from the Arabic name '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Laskri
Amar Laskri (22 January 1942 – 1 May 2015) was an Algerian film director. He studied theater, radio, television and film in Belgrade. Born in Aïn Berda, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ..., he directed several feature films and short films and one episode of television. Filmography ;Feature films * 1969 : ''Le Communiqué'' * 1971 : ''Patrouille à l'est'' * 1989 : ''Les Portes du silence'' * 1999 : ''Fleur du Lotus'' References External links * * https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A 1942 births 2015 deaths Algerian film directors Algerian filmmakers 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Image
''The Last Image'' ( ar, الصور الأخير, translit. Al-soura al-akhira, french: La dernière image) is a 1986 Algerian drama film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Véronique Jannot as Claire Boyer * Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina as Mouloud * Michel Boujenah as Simon Attal * Jean Bouise as Langlois * Jean-François Balmer as Miller * Hassan El-Hassani as Touhami * José Artur as Forrestier * Malik Lakhdar-Hamina as Bachir * Mustapha El Anka as Kabrane * Mustapha Preur as Boutaleb * Geneviève Mnich as Madame Lanier * Brigitte Catillon as Madame Lenguenel * Rachid Fares as Omar * Claude Melki as Jacob, le cafetier * Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Oncle Amar See also * List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Ali Mazif
Sid Ali Mazif (16 October 1943 – 2 May 2023) was an Algerian film director. Biography Born in Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ... on 16 October 1943, Mazif began his career as an assistant director on the film ''Vingt ans à Alger''. He studied at the Institut national du cinéma de Ben Aknoun. During his studies, he released his first short films from 1965 to 1966. He then began working for the , where he directed documentaries such as ''La Cueillette des oranges'' and ''Le Paludisme en Algérie''. He also collaborated on two important films in Algerian cinematic history: ''L'Enfer à dix ans'' and ''Histoires de la révolution''. Mazif's first feature film, ''Sueur noire'', touched on the struggles of miners during the colonial era. His 1975 film, ''Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire
''Chronicle of the Years of Fire'' ( ar, وقائع سنين الجمر, Waqāʾiʿu sinīna l-jamri; french: Chronique des Années de Braise; these names both mean "Chronicle of the Years of Embers") is a 1975 Algerian drama historical film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. It depicts the Algerian War of Independence as seen through the eyes of a peasant. The film won the ''Palme d'Or'' prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Yorgo Voyagis - Ahmed * Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina - Le conteur fou * Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir - Sage du village * Leila Shenna - La femme * Cheikh Nourredine - L'ami * François Maistre - Le contremaître de la carrière See also * List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Algerian submission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), ''Dracula and Son'' (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated '' La Cage aux Folles'' (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi). Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although after 1985 he had almost exclusively been producing works for television. In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie française for excellent film work. Molinaro died of a respiratory insufficiency in 2013. He was 85. Filmography (as director) *''Les Alchimistes'' (1957, short) *' (''Back to the Wall'', ''Evidence in Concrete'', 1958) — based on a novel by Frédéric Dard *' (''The Road to Shame'', 1959) — based on a novel by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awarded the Golden Lion for his career. Biography The early times Monicelli was born in Rome to a well-do family from Ostiglia,. a ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy, as the second of five children of Tomaso Monicelli, a journalist, and Maria Carreri, a housewife. His older half-brother, Giorgio (whose mother was actress Elisa Severi), worked as writer and translator. An older brother, Franco, was a journalist. Raised in Rome, Viareggio (Tuscany) and Milan,.. Monicelli lived a carefree youth, and many of the cinematic jokes he later shot in ''Amici Miei'' ( My Friends) were inspired by his own experiences during his youth in Tuscany. In Milan, he finished his third year of high school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brancaleone Alle Crociate
''Brancaleone at the Crusades'' ( it, Brancaleone alle Crociate) is an Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and released in 1970, the sequel to ''L'armata Brancaleone''. Plot The film starts where ''L'armata Brancaleone'' has ended. Brancaleone da Norcia (again played by Vittorio Gassman) is a poor but proud Middle Ages knight leading his bizarre and ragtag ''army'' of underdogs. However, he loses all his "warriors" in a battle and therefore meets Death's personification. Having obtained more time to live, he forms a new tattered band. When Brancaleone saves an infant of royal blood, they set on to the Holy Sepulchre to bring him back to his father, Bohemond of Taranto (Adolfo Celi), who is fighting in the Crusades. As in the first film, in his quest he lives a series of grotesque episodes, each a hilarious parody of Middle Ages stereotypes. These include: the saving of a young witch (Stefania Sandrelli) from the stake, the annexion of a leper to the band, and a meeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Rachedi (film Director)
Ahmed Rachedi (born 1938) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the film '' Z'' (1969), which he helped produce. His 1971 film '' L'Opium et le Bâton'' was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1981 film ''Ali in Wonderland'' won a Special Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' L'Opium et le Bâton'' (1971) * ''Ali in Wonderland ''Ali in Wonderland'' (french: Ali au pays des mirages) is a 1981 Algerian drama film directed by Ahmed Rachedi (film director), Ahmed Rachedi. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. Cast * ...'' (1981) * ''C’était la guerre'' (1993, co-directed with Maurice Failevic) References External links * Algerian film directors 1938 births Living people 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English. His film ''Z'' was the first film, and one of the few, to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
