Fadila (1960)
• January 1st, 1960 • 0h 40min
Romance, Family
Overview
Fadila is a short film shot in the Casbah of Algiers during the Algerian War by a young French army conscript with the young Fadila Tizraoui and Djamel Bendeddouche who would become filmmakers after independence. The film depicts the friendship of two children in the streets of the Casbah and their encounter one day in December with Santa Claus... Fadila won the Grand Prix du Cinéma at the 1959 Children's Fair, was awarded a prize by the National Center for Cinematography (CNC) and was successfully exported.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Pépé le Moko
Released on: 1937-01-28
Drama, Crime, Romance
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He ...
El Ouelf Essaïb
Released on: 1990-01-01
Comedy, Family
An Algerian music composer and his friends live a thrilling story, full of twists and turns.
One Roof, One Family
Released on: 1982-02-07
Family, Drama
Selim Mechoubine, a young man of 28, is the eldest of a large family. In the cramped accommodation h...
Kahla wa Bayda
Released on: 1980-01-01
Drama, Comedy, Family, TV Movie
Rabie is a kid from Sétif in 1980, trying to collect money to buy a wheelchair for his paralyzid sis...
The foreign land
Released on:
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Farida is back in her father’s native Algeria for the first me since she was a child. She discovers...
The Song of the Hoggar
Released on: 1931-01-01
Documentary, Adventure, Romance
Le Chant du Hoggar, a fictionalized documentary directed by Pierre Ichac, which takes as its theme t...
Hassan Terro au Maquis
Released on: 1978-01-01
Family, War, Comedy
While trying by all means to stay out of the bloody turmoil caused by the Battle of Algiers, Hassan,...
A View of Love
Released on: 2010-12-15
Drama, Romance
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day,...
Walking a Tightrope
Released on: 1991-09-01
Drama, Romance
A famous, ruthless writer takes a handsome young worker, with aspirations of becoming a tightrope ar...
Inspector Tahar's Holiday
Released on: 1972-01-01
Comedy, Crime, Family
Inspector Tahar and his apprentice are invited by Mama Traki, a popular Tunisian heroine, to spend t...
Faithful
Released on: 2022-03-23
Drama, Romance
1956. Algeria is a French colony. Fernand and Helene are madly in love. Fernand is an activist, figh...
Heart of the Casbah
Released on: 1952-01-24
Drama, Romance, Crime
Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son of a...
The Garden of Allah
Released on: 1936-10-14
Drama, Romance, Adventure
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Deux Femmes
Released on: 1992-06-01
Comedy, Drama, Family
An Algerian social satire that tells the story of Boujemaa, who marries a second wife in addition to...
لحن الأمل (Lahn El-Almel)
Released on: 1993-03-01
Drama, Music, Comedy, Romance
Abderrahim is a mechanic and singer in his spare time. One day, he receives a car to repair, driven ...
Omar Gatlato
Released on: 1976-07-15
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Omar, a young man, lives a simple life with his family and suffers from loneliness. His life changes...
Le Clandestin
Released on: 1989-01-01
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Nine people with Abdullah Le Clandestin (Illegal Taxi), in one car, on the way to Algiers.
L'Obstacle
Released on: 1965-01-01
Comedy, Romance
Algerian youth of the 1960s, straddling traditional South Mediterranean and Western culture and the ...
The Casbah of Algiers
Released on: 1993-01-01
Comedy, Family
The daily life and tribulations of colorful residents in the millennial popular district of the Casb...
Thirst Of Men
Released on: 1950-03-31
Drama, Romance
During the colonial period in Algeria, Sergeant Bouvard helps Broussole and his two daughters, Alise...