''Barakat!'' ("Blessings!") is a 2006 French/

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Djamila Sahraoui Djamila Sahraoui (born 1950) is an Algerian filmmaker. Djamila Sahraoui was born in Algiers on 23 October 1950. She studied literature before attending the renowned Parisian film school IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), s ...

. It

premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its f ...

d at the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

on 16 February 2006.

Plot

During the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various I ...

, Amel (Rachida Brakni) is a doctor who, on returning home from work one day, discovers that her journalist husband has gone missing. Receiving no help from the authorities, she decides to look for him herself. She is helped by another woman, Khadidja.

Cast

Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni (born 15 February 1977) is a French actress and producer. She is married to actor and former professional footballer Éric Cantona. Biography In 2001, she joined the Comédie Française, as a member of which she won a Molière ...

as Amel * Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari as Khadidja *

Zahir Bouzerar Zahir ( ar, ظاهر‎ Ẓāhir) may refer to: Philosophy * Aẓ-Ẓāhir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "''Evident''" or ''"Outer"''. *Zahir (Islam), in Islam, the exterior, surface, or apparent meaning of things * Ẓāhiri, a sch ...

as Le vieil homme *

Malika Belbey Malika Belbey (born 15 June 1974) is an Algerian actress. Biography Belbey was born in Tiaret, in western Algeria. She graduated from the Algiers School of Dramatic Arts. Belbey began her career in the theatre by acting in "Nedjma," which was ad ...

as Nadia *

Amine Kedam In chemistry, amines (, ) are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Amines are formally derivatives of ammonia (), wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituent such a ...

as Bilal *

Ahmed Berrhama Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

as Karim * Abdelbacet Benkhalifa as L'homme du barrage * Abdelkrim Beriber as Le policier *

Ahmed Benaissa Ahmed Benaissa (2 March 1944 – 20 May 2022) was an Algerian actor, best known for the roles in the critically acclaimed films ''Étoile aux dents ou Poulou le magnifique'', ''Gates of the Sun'', and ''Close Enemies''. Personal life He was bor ...

as Homme accueil hôpital * Mohamed Bouamari as Hadj Slimane

Awards

At the 2007

Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. I ...

, ''Barakat!'' won the Oumarou Ganda Award for the Best First Work, the award for Best Music and the award for Best Screenplay. It also won the prize for Best Arab Film at the third

Dubai International Film Festival The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) is the leading film festival in the Arab region. The 12th edition of DIFF took place from December 9 – 16, 2015. In 2018, the DIFF announc ...

References

External links

* * 2006 films 2000s Arabic-language films 2006 drama films 2000s French-language films Algerian drama films French drama films 2006 multilingual films Algerian multilingual films French multilingual films 2000s French films {{FESPACO Oumarou Ganda Prize, state=expanded