Chafia Boudraa
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.
Outside the Law
as MotherAfter losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are...
Movie pageJust Like a Woman
as La mère de MouradTwo women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a...
Movie pageLe Cri des hommes
as La Vieille1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and...
Movie pageMint Tea
as The motherA young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his...
Movie pageBeur Blanc Rouge
as La grand-mère de BrahimLe match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va...
Movie pageKahla wa Bayda
as MotherRabie is a kid from Sétif in 1980, trying to collect money to buy a wheelchair for his paralyzid...
Movie pageA Wife for My Son
as uncreditedAn arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of an unhappy young Algerian woman.
Movie pageLeila and the Others
as Yamina, la mère de MeriemThe story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between...
Movie pageMohamed Bertrand-Duval
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Movie pageEchebka (الشبكة)
as Khalti AldjiaMaamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is...
Movie pageL’Incendie (El Harik)
as AïnaIn 1939 in eastern Algeria, Omar, a young boy of ten, lives with his family in a room in Dar...
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