Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
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...
- Youssef Chahine
- Ali Reda
- Mohamed Abdel Gawad
- Youssef El Sebai
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Abd El Rahman El Sharqawy
- Ali El Zorkani
- Wagih Naguib
Rating: 7/10 by 7 users
Alternative Title:
Djamila l'Algérienne - FR
جميلة الجزائرية - EG
Jamila, the Algerian - EG
Country:
Egypt
Language:
العربية
Français
Runtime: 02 hour 03 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: black and white, algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), guerilla, casbah alger, liberation war, women resistance, la bataille d'alger, guerilla resistance
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