Ahmed Snoussi

Acting

Ahmed Snoussi

Born November 5, 1946 · Le Sers, Tunisia

Died November 20, 2015 · aged 69

Ahmed Snoussi (1946-2015) was an actor who is considered an icon of cinema and theater in Tunisia. Across a five-decade career he appeared in countless films and television series in Tunisia and abroad. He was married to fellow actor Hélène Catzaras, with whom he had two children.

Known For

Le princeLe prince · 2005
Le prince
9.02005
MovieRomanceDrama
In Tunis, Adel a dreamer florist, falls in love with a pretty woman Dounia a director of a bank branch. To win her love, he uses the language of flowers and delivers her each morning the bouquets under a mysterious admirer.
Confessions of the latter rainConfessions of the latter rain · 1992
Confessions of the latter rain
1992
MovieThrillerDrama
A mysterious woman goes into a remote house of a family with a long history, but a set of secrets and stories that ties her to the family are revealed, and together they discover unexpected truths on a rainy night.
Wandering HeartWandering Heart · 1990
Wandering Heart
1990
MovieDrama
After the death of her husband in very strange circumstances, a young widow decides to refuse to re-many, and thereby breaks with the traditional submissive role of women. She tries to choose how to love, and how to live. A feminine journey through the depths of Islamic culture. A tale that involves reality, poetry and magic..
The Key to RebeccaThe Key to Rebecca · 1985
The Key to Rebecca
5.11985
MovieActionThriller
From master storyteller and best-selling author, Ken Follett, comes the exotic spy-thriller based on true events. North Africa, Summer of 1942 — master spy, Alex Wolff is on a mission to send General Erwin Rommel's advancing army the secrets that would unlock the doors to Cairo... and the ultimate Nazi triumph in the war. Wolff's pursuer, Major Vandarn, engages the seductive charm of Elene Fontana to lure him into range for what is to be a startling and explosive confrontation.
Un si beau voyageUn si beau voyage · 2009
Un si beau voyage
2009
MovieDrama
Mohamed is a retired factory worker. He lives alone in a nursing home. However, due to illness, he must now leave his room. He decides to return to Tunisia, a country he has not seen in a long time.
Ali in WonderlandAli in Wonderland · 1980
Ali in Wonderland
9.51980
MovieDramaComedy
In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of ​​"selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...
The Balad of MameloukThe Balad of Mamelouk · 1982
The Balad of Mamelouk
7.01982
MovieDrama
Mamluk is an unassuming, handsome young peasant who happens to have come along just in time to save the king from a fatal trap, and as a reward, the king offers him the amount of land he can mark off by walking around in one day but he must return to the starting point before sunset.
Sun of the HyenasSun of the Hyenas · 1977
Sun of the Hyenas
7.81977
MovieDrama
In a small, self-sufficient Tunisian fishing village, German developers set up a hotel infrastructure, with the complicity of local councillors. The lives of the villagers are turned upside down.

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Ali in WonderlandAli in Wonderland · 1980
Ali in Wonderland
9.51980
MovieDramaComedy
In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of ​​"selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...

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