Fadila

Overview

Fadila is a short film shot in the Casbah of Algiers during the Algerian War by a young French army conscript with the young Fadila Tizraoui and Djamel Bendeddouche who would become filmmakers after independence. The film depicts the friendship of two children in the streets of the Casbah and their encounter one day in December with Santa Claus... Fadila won the Grand Prix du Cinéma at the 1959 Children's Fair, was awarded a prize by the National Center for Cinematography (CNC) and was successfully exported.

Cast

Djamel Bendeddouche

Djamel

Fadila Tizraoui

Fadila

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Mohamed Braccah

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Mohamed Aliouane

Francis Mischkind

Le Père Noël

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