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Farouk Beloufa

Born April 9, 1947 · Oued Fodda, Algérie

Died April 9, 2018 · aged 71

Farouk Beloufa (فاروق بلوفة), born in 1947 in Oued Fodda in Algeria, is an Algerian film critic and director. He is the father of the Franco-Algerian filmmaker and visual artist Neïl Beloufa. Farouk Beloufa studied cinema at INC, this Algerian film school that quickly disappeared, before graduating from IDHEC in Paris. He also took courses at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, under t…

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Nahla

After the battle of Kfar Chouba in Lebanon in January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war. Linked to Maha, Hind, Raouf and Michel who surround Nahla, he witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population. One day Nahla loses her voice on stage. The atmosphere of crisis that reigns around her is spreading like an infection. Larbi, fascinated, loses his footing and gets bogged down.

Le Silence Du Sphinx

Le Silence Du Sphinx · 2010

Le Silence Du Sphinx

As usual, Slim goes to the Point Ephémère bar in Paris to have a last drink. As is often the case, he finds Lily there, an eccentric and intriguing character, then Seiko, whom he knew as a child soldier, once in Sierra Leone. While he listens to Lily tell him a few stories, Slim watches the Seiko ride, tracked and soon arrested by two plainclothes police officers.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Return of the Prodigal Son · 1976

Return of the Prodigal Son

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Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.

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Nahla

After the battle of Kfar Chouba in Lebanon in January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war. Linked to Maha, Hind, Raouf and Michel who surround Nahla, he witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population. One day Nahla loses her voice on stage. The atmosphere of crisis that reigns around her is spreading like an infection. Larbi, fascinated, loses his footing and gets bogged down.

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Le Silence Du Sphinx

Le Silence Du Sphinx · 2010

Le Silence Du Sphinx

As usual, Slim goes to the Point Ephémère bar in Paris to have a last drink. As is often the case, he finds Lily there, an eccentric and intriguing character, then Seiko, whom he knew as a child soldier, once in Sierra Leone. While he listens to Lily tell him a few stories, Slim watches the Seiko ride, tracked and soon arrested by two plainclothes police officers.

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Return of the Prodigal Son

Return of the Prodigal Son · 1976

Return of the Prodigal Son

MovieDramaMusic

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.

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