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Jamila, the Algerian

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Top Cast

  • Magda Al Sabahi

    Magda Al Sabahi

    جميلة بو حريد

  • Ahmed Mazhar

    Ahmed Mazhar

    يوسف

  • Salah Zulfikar

    Salah Zulfikar

    عزام

  • Rushdy Abaza

    Rushdy Abaza

    بيجار

  • Zahrat  Al-Ola

    Zahrat Al-Ola

    بوعزة

  • Kariman

    Kariman

    حسيبة

  • Farida Fahmy

    Farida Fahmy

    سيمون

  • Mahmoud El Meligy

    Mahmoud El Meligy

    المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس

  • Fakher Fakher

    Fakher Fakher

    مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة

Overview

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

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