FILM DIRECTOR

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

1934 - Today

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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (Arabic: محمد الأخضر حمينة; born in M'sila in 1934) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and became the first Arab and African film to win the award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina has received more than 45,604 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina is the 882nd most popular film director (up from 937th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 882 out of 2,041. Before him are Ennio de Concini, Elia Suleiman, Martin McDonagh, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alex Proyas, and Anthony Harvey. After him are Mitchell Leisen, David Cherkassky, Bob Gale, Mikael Håfström, Jean Grémillon, and Régis Wargnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 295. Before him are Lester R. Brown, Sugathakumari, Anne Haney, Piet Dankert, Claudio Scimone, and John Keegan. After him are Galina Bystrova, Stanley G. Payne, Settela Steinbach, Hamit Kaplan, Joanna Moore, and Anna Kashfi.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 110 out of 213. Before him are Biyouna (1952), Ali Benflis (1944), Jean-Pierre Bacri (1951), Boualem Sansal (1949), Solveig Dommartin (1961), and Rachid Mekhloufi (1936). After him are Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Kad Merad (1964), Mustapha Dahleb (1952), Lounès Matoub (1956), Islam Slimani (1988), and Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Algeria

Among film directors born in Algeria, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 3. Before him are Tony Gatlif (1948), and Thelma Schoonmaker (1940). After him are Kad Merad (1964).

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Filmography

Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Director
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak of the revolution on November 1, 1954, the film unequivocally demonstrates that the "Algerian War" is not an accident of history, but a slow process of suffering and warlike revolts, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization in 1830, until this "Red All Saints' Day" of November 1, 1954. At its center, Ahmed gradually awakens to political awareness against colonization, under the gaze of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria, and that of Miloud, half-mad haranguer, half-prophet, incarnation of Popular memory of the revolt, the liberation of Algeria and its people.
Nov 26o 19756.3 / 10
The Winds of the Aures
Director
Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes the transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repression is in full swing, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her mountain home when her only son is kidnapped by French soldiers shortly after her husband's death during a raid. One day, seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home and embarks on a painful journey through the mountains. Accompanied by a couple of chickens, she moves from one detention camp to another in a desperate search for her missing son. The film is inspired by the events experienced by the director's family.
Jun 8o 19676.4 / 10
Hassan Terro
Director
While he tries by all means to stay out of the bloody upheavals caused by the battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive father, unknowingly offers hospitality to a mujahid actively sought by the army. French. A series of events and misunderstandings quickly catapult him to the forefront, presenting him under the pseudonym “Hassan Terro”, a great fictitious terrorist who would have sworn the doom of the French army...
Jan 2o 19679 / 10