Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (, born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Algiers
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
, Benhadj studied architecture and cinema at the
University of Paris
The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...
.
He made his professional debut working for the
Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist. His feature film debut ''Louss'' (aka ''Desert Rose'', 1989) received wide critical acclaim.
In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy.
Starting with his second film ''Touchia'', his films got more socially and politically committed.
He is also a painter.
Filmography
* ''Louss'' (1988)
* ''Touchia'' (1992)
* ''L'ultima cena'' (1995)
* ''
Mirka'' (2000)
* ''For Bread Alone'' (2006)
* ''Parfumes of Algiers'' (2012)
* ''The Star of Algiers'' (2016)
* ''Matarès'' (2019)
References
External links
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1949 births
Living people
Writers from Algiers
Film directors from Algiers
Algerian film directors
Algerian screenwriters
University of Paris alumni