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Death of Yamina Bachir, the Algerian director of Rachida

2022-04-04T09:07:25.711Z


DISAPPEARANCE- The filmmaker died on Sunday at the age of 68, following a long illness, announced the Lumières cinema association.


Algerian director Yamina Bachir Chouikh, known for her film

Rachida

, denouncing the violence of years of terrorism, died Sunday in Algiers, following a long illness, announced the Lumières cinema association.

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Trained as an editor, wife of director Mohamed Chouikh (

La Citadelle

,

L'Arche du désert

), Yamina Bachir, 68, made a name for herself abroad thanks to

Rachida

(2002), her first feature film.

The film depicted a young teacher in a popular district of Algiers, struggling with terrorism during the black decade (1992-2002) and denounced a

“culture of hatred and violence”.

The feature film co-produced by Arte, StudioCanal, Ciné-Sud Promotion, released in France in January 2003, was noticed at several festivals and won awards in Amiens (France), Namur (Belgium) and Marrakech (Morocco).

Born on March 20, 1954 in Algiers, Yamina Bachir Chouikh made her debut as an editor at the Algerian National Cinema Center in 1973. She had worked on works such as

Omar Gatlato

by Merzak Allouache (1976).

Mother of director Yasmine Chouikh, she was buried on Sunday in Algiers.

Source: lefigaro

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