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In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.Read moreLess
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
The story
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
Cast & crew
BiyounaMeriem
Carmen MauraMadama Osmane
Djemel BarekSid Ali
Andrée DamantMrs. Costa
Afida TahriKheira
Smaïl MekkiMimich
Omar BekhaledNasser
Atmen KelifBadreddineExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Hélène Louvart
- Director
- Nadir Moknèche
- Producer
- Gerardo Herrero
- Producer
- Sarah Halioua
- Producer
- Didier Haudepin
- Editor
- Stéphanie Mahet
- Writer
- Nadir Moknèche