The Harem of Madame Osmane

The story

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.

Cast

B BiyounaMeriem C Carmen MauraMadama Osmane D Djemel BarekSid Ali A Andrée DamantMrs. Costa A Afida TahriKheira S Smaïl MekkiMimich M Myriam AmaroucheneYasmine J Justine Mallier-GiraudKahina H Henryk WodzinskiM. Stoliaroff L Linda SlimaniSakina O Omar BekhaledNasser A Atmen KelifBadreddine

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N Nadia KaciLa rouquine (red-haired girl) F Fatiha BerberNasser's mother S Slimane BenaïssaLe Militaire A Ahmed BoulaneAngry Man T Thamila Mesbah-DetrazTante Rabia K Khadija Ait HamouShepherd S Samia AkariouFadila, the bride F Fatima ChebchoubHostess A Aïcha MahmahMistress L Latifa BenakoucheSinger F Fatima BoujouWoman in red C Chaabia LaadraouiOld woman at the koubba S Saida BaadiDrunk woman H Hicham BahloulGas station attendant O Omar ChenbodCinema warden Z Zakaria BouamraniThe boy R Rafik BakrBearded Man M Mohammed TalebPallbearer A Ait Ahmed Mohamed Amine N Najwa Ben Karroun I Ichrak Berraoui A Abdellah Chicha R Raoul Gadish S Siham Grari L Latifa Menaouar M Mohammed Marouazi S Sabeha Mokneche A Abdelkhader Oumail S Said Le Pecheur M Mohamed Faical Tadlaoui S Samac Zidani L Latifa Ahrar K Karim SalehM. Bouchama