Chafia Boudraa

Born: 1930-04-22

Chafia Boudraa (in arabic : شافية بوذراع), real name Atika Boudraa born April 22, 1930 Constantine is an Algerian actress. She is the widow of Shahid (an FLN fighter during the war of independence, who died in combat in 1960). She left Constantine, her hometown, for Algiers in 1964. She began by working in different professions to provide for the needs of a family of eleven children: caregiver, switchboard operator, housekeeper, before contacting the RTA to work there, at stamp in several films. Chafia Boudraa will be revealed to the general public, thanks to the television series “El Hariq” (Fire) by Mustapha Badie, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib. She will even play the role of the widow in “The Taming of the Shrew” produced by the National Theater of Algiers. Since these beginnings, his face has stood out with talent in Algerian and international television and cinema productions. During a rich career spanning over fifty years, she also played in the film "Hors-La-Loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, which represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows destiny of three brothers torn apart by the Algerian war. She died on May 22, 2022.


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Outside the Law

as Mother
Released: 2010-09-21

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are...

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Hassan Terro's Escape

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-02

Directed by Mustapha Badie.

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Just Like a Woman

as La mère de Mourad
Released: 2013-03-07

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a...

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Le Cri des hommes

as La Vieille
Released: 1991-02-01

1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and...

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Rückkehr aus der Wüste

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-22

Film by Bernhard Stephan.

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Profumi d'Algeri

as uncredited
Released: 2015-01-01

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Mint Tea

as The mother
Released: 1984-10-20

A young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his...

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Beur Blanc Rouge

as La grand-mère de Brahim
Released: 2006-05-17

Le match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va...

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Kahla wa Bayda

as Mother
Released: 1980-01-01

Rabie is a kid from Sétif in 1980, trying to collect money to buy a wheelchair for his paralyzid...

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A Wife for My Son

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-01

An arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of an unhappy young Algerian woman.

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Leila and the Others

as Yamina, la mère de Meriem
Released: 1977-01-02

The story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between...

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Moussa's Wedding

as La mère de Moussa
Released: 1982-01-01

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Mohamed Bertrand-Duval

as Zohra, Fatima's mother
Released: 1991-10-25

In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do...

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Echebka (الشبكة)

as Khalti Aldjia
Released: 1976-01-01

Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is...

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L’Incendie (El Harik)

as Aïna
First aired: 1974-03-15

In 1939 in eastern Algeria, Omar, a young boy of ten, lives with his family in a room in Dar...

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