Jamila, the Algerian

Dec 9, 1958

2h 3m

★ 7.0

Overview

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Genres

Drama

History

War

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Cast

جميلة بو حريد

Magda Al Sabahi

يوسف

Ahmed Mazhar

عزام

Salah Zulfikar

بيجار

Rushdy Abaza

بوعزة

Zahrat Al-Ola

حسيبة

Kariman

سيمون

Farida Fahmy

المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس

Mahmoud El Meligy

مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة

Fakher Fakher

Salah Nazmi

Fattoh Nashaty

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Jamila, the Algerian

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