Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

1958-12-09 Egypt 123 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Cast

Magda Al Sabahi is جميلة بو حريد
جميلة بو حريد
Ahmed Mazhar is يوسف
يوسف
Zahrat El-Ola is بوعزة
بوعزة
Kariman is حسيبة
حسيبة
Farida Fahmy is سيمون
سيمون
محمود المليجي is المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس
المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس
Fakher Fakher is مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة
مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة
Adly Kasseb is قائد للمقاومة الجزائرية
قائد للمقاومة الجزائرية