Mehdi Charef
Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daughter of Keltoum
(2001)
A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find her biological mother, whom she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by ... (more)
A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find her biological mother, whom she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by ... (more)
Miss Mona (1987)
An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies. (more)
An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies. (more)
In the Country of Juliets (1992)
Three young female prisoners become friends while stranded in a provincial train station. (more)
Three young female prisoners become friends while stranded in a provincial train station. (more)
Tea in the Harem (1985)
The story of two youths – one Algerian, one French – who become juvenile delinquents in a Paris suburb. (more)
The story of two youths – one Algerian, one French – who become juvenile delinquents in a Paris suburb. (more)
Summer of '62 (2007)
A pair of childhood friends spend a spring together before the summer Algeria's war of Independence. (more)
A pair of childhood friends spend a spring together before the summer Algeria's war of Independence. (more)
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. (more)
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. (more)
Marie-Line (2000)
A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law in this drama. Marie-Line (Muriel Robin) is a single woman in her mid-forties who oversees the cleaning crew at a large office building. On the job, Marie-Line is all ... (more)
A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law in this drama. Marie-Line (Muriel Robin) is a single woman in her mid-forties who oversees the cleaning crew at a large office building. On the job, Marie-Line is all ... (more)
Graziella (2015)
A soulful examination of two defeated middle-aged characters who aren't sure that life holds the possibility of a second act. (more)
A soulful examination of two defeated middle-aged characters who aren't sure that life holds the possibility of a second act. (more)
Camomille (1988)
A bakery employee gives shelter to a young female addicted to drugs. (more)
A bakery employee gives shelter to a young female addicted to drugs. (more)