Algerian actress Chafia Boudraa, a figure in cinema and theater in Algeria who notably starred in the political thriller
Hors-la-loi
presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, died at the age of 92, reported Monday state media.
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Chafia Boudraa, born in Constantine in 1930 and widow of an FLN fighter who died during the Algerian war in 1960, was known for her roles in feature films such as
El Hariq
,
The Evasion of Hassan Terro
or the comedy squeaky by Alex Métayer
Mohamed Bertrand-Duval
.
She died on Sunday May 22 in Algiers.
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With a career spanning over fifty years, she also starred in the film
Hors-la-loi
by Rachid Bouchareb, who represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows the fate of three brothers torn by the Algerian war, she interpreted the role of the mother.
The film had aroused a lively controversy in France, the far right and associations of returnees from Algeria accusing it of "
falsifying
" history.
The death of Chafia Boudraa occurred a few days after that, Friday, May 20, of another monument of Algerian cinema, actor and director Ahmed Benaissa, who had played the role of the father in
Hors-la-loi
.
The comedian, who is at the
, presented at Cannes, died before the screening of the film as part of Critics' Week.
A sad series of twists of fate for Algerian cinema.
Hors-la-loi
by Rachid Bouchareb in 2010, with Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy, Zem, Chafia Boudraa...
