Saïd Hilmi

Acting

Saïd Hilmi

Born May 15, 1939 · Azeffoun, Algéria

Died August 4, 2021 · aged 82

No biography available.

Known For

Brancaleone at the CrusadesBrancaleone at the Crusades · 1970
Brancaleone at the Crusades
7.21970
MovieComedyAdventure
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Forbidden ZoneForbidden Zone · 1974
Forbidden Zone
10.01974
MovieDrama
In an Algerian village, just before the war of independence, the inhabitants are under the thumb of a local strongman and a wealthy merchant. Among them is El Faïza, an old woman searching for her son who has escaped from prison. The gendarmes arrest El Faïza and seize the property of the villagers who haven't paid their taxes. The situation is ripe for a revolt…
Le SermentLe Serment · 1963
Le Serment
10.01963
MovieDramaWar
The Oath, a TV film produced by Algerian television in 1963 following the end of the war of independence, tells the story of young Algerians who joined the resistance after the bloody repressions of May 1945 in Constantinois by the French colonial army .
Beur Blanc RougeBeur Blanc Rouge · 2006
Beur Blanc Rouge
4.22006
MovieComedy
Le match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va diviser les deux amis : Brahim revendique son identité algérienne, Mouloud fustige son refus de la France, pays qui les a vu grandir.
SerkadjiSerkadji · 1982
Serkadji
10.01982
MovieDrama
In 1982, Hadj Rahim directed "Serkadji", a fiction film about the men's quarters of the Barberousse military prison in Algiers, where hundreds of FLN fighters were incarcerated and executed during the war of independence. Algeria between 1954 and 1962.
El Ouelf EssaïbEl Ouelf Essaïb · 1990
El Ouelf Essaïb
10.01990
MovieComedyFamily
An Algerian music composer and his friends live a thrilling story, full of twists and turns.
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...
From Hollywood to TamanrassetFrom Hollywood to Tamanrasset · 1990
From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
7.81990
MovieComedy
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.

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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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