Mohamed Rachid Benhadj ( ar, رشيد بن حاج, born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
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 ...
, Benhadj studied architecture and cinema at the
University of Paris
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He made his professional debut working for the
Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist. His feature film debut ''Louss'' (aka ''Desert Rose'', 1989) received wide critical acclaim.
In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy.
Starting from his second film ''Touchia'' his films become more socially and politically committed.
He is also a painter.
Filmography
* ''Louss'' (1988)
* ''Touchia'' (1992)
* ''L'ultima cena'' (1995)
* ''
Mirka
Mirka ( ar, مِركة) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid ...
'' (2000)
* ''For Bread Alone'' (2006)
* ''Parfumes of Algiers'' (2012)
* ''The Star of Algiers'' (2016)
* ''Matarès'' (2019)
References
External links
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1949 births
Living people
Writers from Algiers
Film directors from Algiers
Algerian film directors
Algerian screenwriters
University of Paris alumni