Biyouna

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Biyouna

Born September 13, 1952 · Alger, Algeria

Died November 25, 2025 · aged 73

Biyouna (بيونة), whose real name was Baya Bouzar (باية بوزار), was an Algerian actress, singer, and dancer born on September 13, 1952, in Belcourt, a working-class neighborhood of Algiers, and died on November 25, 2025, at the Beni Messous Hospital in Algiers, at the age of 73, from lung cancer. A major figure in Maghrebi culture, she is remembered as a free-spirited, popular artist deeply attache…

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Belleville CopBelleville Cop · 2018
Belleville Cop
5.02018
MovieComedyCrime
When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.
Aïcha : Vacances infernalesAïcha : Vacances infernales · 2012
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
6.22012
MovieComedyDrama
La VoyanteLa Voyante · 2014
La Voyante
5.02014
MovieComedyDrama
Véra Bellini fights with her psychic friends for their gift to be recognized by medicine. But her opponent Doctor Pelletier thoughly resists and will reveal a difficult secret about Vera's life.
Queens of the RingQueens of the Ring · 2013
Queens of the Ring
5.82013
MovieComedy
More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and blames his mother for their long separation. When she discovers that Mickaël is crazy about wrestling, Rose thinks she's found a way to melt the ice: she'll put together a tag team with three girlfriends from the store where all four work as checkout girls...
Aïcha : La grande débrouilleAïcha : La grande débrouille · 2011
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
6.22011
MovieComedyDrama
Rid of her rival Gloria, Aïcha will do everything to make her boss proud, with Ginette's help. Patrick presents her with a love ultimatum: their mothers must meet. And to top it off, things are getting worse in the neighborhood.
AïchaAïcha · 2009
Aïcha
6.32009
MovieComedyDrama
A few miles from Paris, on the other side of the northern ring road, stands a ghetto neighborhood with countless rows of dilapidated apartment buildings, their concrete crumbling and iron rusting. A multiracial community has long been rooted here, while most native French families have deserted the area. In tower 216 lives a "model" family of Algerian origin, the Bouamazzas. Our heroine, Aïcha, 25, the eldest daughter, is held up as an example by the whole community. But Aïcha can no longer bear the weight of the community: she wants to spread her wings, gain her independence, and finally cross the Rubicon.
The SourceThe Source · 2011
The Source
6.52011
MovieComedyDrama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
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.

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