Mohamed Chouikh
Mohamed Chouikh (born 1943) is an Algerian filmmaker and actor. Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem, Algeria on 3 September 1943, where he was to become a stage actor with a troupe which later developed into the Algerian National Theatre. In 1965, he acted in one of Algeria's greatest film productions, L'Aube des damnés by René Vautier and Ahmed Rachedi. In 1966 he took the role of Lakhdar (the son) in Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina's highly successful Le vent des Aurès. In 1972 he directed L'Embouchure for Algerian TV, followed in 1974 by Les Paumés (1974). In 1982 he made his first feature-length film, Rupture, and has pursued a writer-director career since then.
Elise, or Real Life
as ArezkiIn the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to...
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The Winds of the Aures
as LakhdarLe Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes the transformations of...
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The Outlaws
as AliIn prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous...
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Dawn of the Damned
as uncreditedThis excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa...
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The Nomads
as uncreditedWhen their father dies, three nomadic sons choose different voices. The first part for the city,...
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Dance of the Wind
as uncreditedYoussef, a director in his fifties, is preparing a film and goes scouting in the south of...
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The Passengers
as NarratorA documentary about algerian immigration in France
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L'Obstacle
as uncreditedAlgerian youth of the 1960s, straddling traditional South Mediterranean and Western culture and...
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