Rachid Benhadj
Rachid Benhadj | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1949 (age 74) Algiers, Algeria |
| Occupation(s) | film director |
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (
Arabic
: رشيد بن حاج, born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist.[2] His feature film debut Louss (aka Desert Rose, 1989) received wide critical acclaim.[3][4] In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy.[1][3] Starting from his second film Touchia his films become more socially and politically committed.[1][3] He is also a painter.[1]
Filmography
- Louss (1988)
- Touchia (1992)
- L'ultima cena (1995)
- Mirka (2000)
- For Bread Alone (2006)
- Parfumes of Algiers (2012)
- The Star of Algiers (2016)
- Matarès (2019)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-7364-3.
- ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-253-03173-0.
- ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
External links
- Rachid Benhadj at IMDb
