Rachid Bouchareb — Director (9)

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Little Senegal (2001)
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other title: 小塞內加爾 / 小塞内加尔 …
Fascinated by the history of his people, Alloune, an old guide at the African museum "La Maison des Esclaves" in Gorée, sets off on a pilgrimage to find the descendants of his ancestors in the United States. This moving journey takes him from the coast of South Carolina to the Harlem neighborhood of Little Senegal, home to the African community. Driven by the idea of reuniting his family across centuries and borders, Alloune traces his roots to a distant cousin, Ida, who knows nothing of his past. The old man also crosses paths with his nephew Hassan, a clandestine cab driver, his fiancée Biram, Eileen, pregnant and a runaway, and Karim, who is seeking a sham marriage to obtain a green card. All four misunderstand Alloune's quest.

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我们的兄弟 (2022)
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other title: Nos frangins
The screenplay is said to be inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university reform bill.

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London River (2009)
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拉契得·波查拉 actor: 布兰达·布莱斯 / 索提古·库亚特 …
other title: 伦敦河 / 倫敦河 …
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks

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Just Like a Woman (2013)
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other title: 窈窕主妇 / 天生舞娘(台) …
《窈窕主妇》由英国女星西耶娜·米勒同伊朗女星格什菲·法拉哈尼共同主演,讲述两位女主人公从芝加哥一路前往拉斯维加斯参加肚皮舞大赛的故事。 法国导演波查拉曾凭借《生命如尘》、《光荣岁月》以及《法外之徒》三次获得奥斯卡最佳外语片提名。《窈窕主妇》是他首部英文片。导演把该片同杰瑞·沙茨伯格执导、吉恩·哈克曼与阿尔·帕西诺主演的金棕榈影片《稻草人》相比,讲述了两位女伴之间不同寻常的友谊。

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Road to Istanbul (2016)
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拉契得·波查拉 actor: 宝琳·布雷特 / Astrid Whettnall …
other title: 伊斯坦布尔之路 / La Route d'Istanbul …
Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care of her daughter on her own. When Elodie disappears over night and Elisabeth discovers that she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State, she begins her journey to find her daughter.

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Outside the Law (2010)
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★ 6.7 6 ratings
other title: 무법자 / Hors-la-loi …
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.

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Days of Glory (2006)
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★ 8.3 24 ratings
other title: 光荣岁月 / Indigènes …
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…