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Mohamed Lamine Merbah

Born July 28, 1946 · Tighennif, Algérie

Died July 24, 2026 · aged 79

Mohamed Lamine Merbah (often credited as Lamine Merbah) is an Algerian filmmaker born on July 28, 1946, in Tighennif (in the Mascara region) of Algeria. Married and a father of three, he is also the son of Moulay Merbah, a prominent figure in the Algerian national movement. Lamine Merbah completed his primary education in his hometown of Ksar Chellala (Tiaret Province) and his secondary education…

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La Mission

La Mission · 1971

An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.

The Uprooted

The Uprooted · 1977

In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...

Radhia

The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.

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La Mission

La Mission · 1971

An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.

Director

The Uprooted

The Uprooted · 1977

In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...

Director

Radhia

The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.

Writer