Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film '' Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

1985 Cannes Film Festival The 38th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 20 May 1985. The Palme d'Or went to the ''When Father Was Away on Business'' by Emir Kusturica. The festival opened with ''Witness'', directed by Peter Weir and closed with ''The Emerald Forest'', ...

. Seven years later, his film '' Au pays des Juliets'' competed for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

at the 1992 festival.

Filmography

* '' Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' (1985) * '' Miss Mona'' (1987) * '' Camomille'' (1988) * '' Au pays des Juliets'' (1992) * '' Aime-toi toujours'' (1995) * '' Pigeon volé'' (1996) * '' La maison d'Alexina'' (1999) * '' Marie-Line'' (2000) * '' La fille de Keltoum'' (2001) * ''

All the Invisible Children ''All the Invisible Children'' is a 2005 anthology film on the theme of childhood and exploitation. It is a collection of seven short films, each focused on a different child. The film has a total runtime of 116 minutes, averaging 16 minutes e ...

'' (2005) * '' Cartouches Gauloises'' (2007) * ''

Graziella ''Graziella'' is an 1852 novel by the French author Alphonse de Lamartine. It tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter – the eponymous Graziella – during a trip to Naples, Italy; they are separated when ...

'' (2015)

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* 1952 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French people of Algerian descent People from Maghnia {{France-film-director-stub