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The Harem of Madame Osmane

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.

2000 |1h 40m |  Comedy, Drama

Cast

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Carmen Maura

Madama Osmane

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Biyouna

Meriem

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Djemel Barek

Sid Ali

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Andrée Damant

Mrs. Costa

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Afida Tahri

Kheira

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Atmen Kelif

Badreddine

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Nadia Kaci

La rouquine (red-haired girl)

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Fatiha Berber

Nasser's mother

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Slimane Benaïssa

Le Militaire

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Ahmed Boulane

Angry Man

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Status

Released

Language

French

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