Touchia, Song of the Women of Algiers
Directed by Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
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In the streets of Algiers, the fundamentalist fervor of the Black Decade is growing. Fella, a 40-year-old Algerian woman, is about to go out to participate in a television program and be interviewed. But doubt, fear, and pain make her hesitate. Is this the moment to speak out as a woman, to remember the past, to recount the dream, the utopia, and the reality after independence?Read moreLess
In the streets of Algiers, the fundamentalist fervor of the Black Decade is growing. Fella, a 40-year-old Algerian woman, is about to go out to participate in a television program and be interviewed. But doubt, fear, and pain make her hesitate. Is this the moment to speak out as a woman, to remember the past, to recount the dream, the utopia, and the reality after independence?
The story
In the streets of Algiers, the fundamentalist fervor of the Black Decade is growing. Fella, a 40-year-old Algerian woman, is about to go out to participate in a television program and be interviewed. But doubt, fear, and pain make her hesitate. Is this the moment to speak out as a woman, to remember the past, to recount the dream, the utopia, and the reality after independence?
Cast & crew
Nabila Babli
Dalila Helilou
Maria Cristina Fioretti
Areski NebtiExplore the crew
- Director
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
- Writer
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
- Writer
- Maria-Cristina Paterlini
- Editor
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
- Editor
- Jean-Claude Bonfanti
- Director of Photography
- Ahmed Zine Bessa