''Rachida'' is a 2002 Algerian

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

Yamina Bachir Yamina Bachir (20 March 1954 – 3 April 2022) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film ''Rachida'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. According to Roy Armes, ''Rachida'' is 'the first ...

. It 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 ...

section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread.

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.

Cast

* Ibtissem Djouadi - Rachida * Bahia Rachedi - Aïcha * Rachida Messaoui En - Zohra * Hamid Remas - Hassen * Zaki Boulenafed - Khaled * Amel Choukh - La mariée * Abdelkader Belmokadem - Mokhtar * Azzedine Bougherra - Tahar * Amal Ksili - Fatima

References

External links

* * 2002 films 2002 drama films Algerian drama films 2000s French-language films 2000s Arabic-language films Films shot in Algeria Films set in Algiers Films directed by Yamina Bachir 2002 multilingual films {{Algeria-film-stub