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Bab El-Oued City
Bab El-Oued City is a 1994 Algerian drama film directed by Merzak Allouache. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.
Cast.
- Nadia Kaci - Yamina
- Mohamed Ourdache - Said
- Hassan Abidou - Boualem
- Mabrouk Ait Amara - Mabrouk
- Messaoud Hattau - Mess
- Mourad Khen - Rachid
- - Lalla Djamila
- Simone Vignote - The aunt
- Michel
Bab El Oued
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
History.
During the existence of French Algeria, Bab El Oued was established as the main neighbourhood of poor "pied-noirs", including many poor fishermen. Towards the end of the Algerian War of Independence, the neighbourhood became the stronghold of the Organisation armée secrète, until OAS attacks