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Jamila, the Algerian

Poster for the movie "Jamila, the Algerian"
Poster for the movie "Jamila, the Algerian"

Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

123 min - Drama, History, War - 9 December 1958
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Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.

Director:  Youssef Chahine
Writers:  Youssef El Sebai
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