Rachida

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Rachida
Directed by Yamina Bachir
Written by Yamina Bachir
Produced byThierry Lenouvel
Margarita Seguy
StarringIbtissem Djouadi
CinematographyMustafa Ben Mihoub
Edited byCécile Andreotti
Yamina Bachir
Release date
  • 21 May 2002 (2002-05-21)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAlgeria
LanguagesFrench
Arabic

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. [1] The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread. [2]

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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.

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Sandstorm". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  2. Ames, Roy (2015). New voices in Arab cinema. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 12. ISBN   9780253015228 . Retrieved 17 December 2015.