Movielogr
The Harem of Madame Osmane (2000)
Directed by Nadir Moknèche
Overview
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane’s tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane “harem” is about to collapse.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Biyouna | Carmen Maura | Djemel Barek | Andrée Damant | Afida Tahri | Smaïl Mekki | Myriam Amarouchene | Justine Mallier-Giraud | Henryk Wodzinski | Linda Slimani | Omar Bekhaled | Atmen Kelif | Fatiha Berber | Thamila Mesbah-Detraz | Khadija Ait Hamou | Samia Akarriou | Fatima Chebchoub | Nadia Kaci | Aïcha Mahmah | Latifa Benakouche | Fatima Boujou | Chaabia Laadraoui | Ahmed Boulane | Saïda Baadi | Hicham Bahloul | Omar Chenbod | Zakaria Bouamrani | Rafik Bakr | Slimane Benaïssa | Mohammed Taleb | Ait Ahmed Mohamed Amine | Najwa Ben Karroun | Ichrak Berraoui | Abdellah Chicha | Raoul Gadish | Siham Grari | Latifa Menaouar | Mohamed Merouazi | Sabéha Moknèche | Abdelkhader Oumail | Said Le Pecheur | Mohamed Faical Tadlaoui | Samac Zidani | Latifah Ahrar | Karim Saleh