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El Achiq

  • 2017
  • 1h 40m
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El Achiq (2017)
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We are in 1958, in a country at war, on the eve of De Gaulle's visit. The city of Constantine has just been struck by horrible news: that of the assassination of the musician Mohamed Salah B... Read allWe are in 1958, in a country at war, on the eve of De Gaulle's visit. The city of Constantine has just been struck by horrible news: that of the assassination of the musician Mohamed Salah Benmessebah.We are in 1958, in a country at war, on the eve of De Gaulle's visit. The city of Constantine has just been struck by horrible news: that of the assassination of the musician Mohamed Salah Benmessebah.

  • Director
    • Amar Sifodil
  • Writer
    • Abdelmadjid Merdaci
  • Stars
    • Aziz Boukrouni
    • Laurent Gernigon
    • Stéphane Bonnet
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    • Director
      • Amar Sifodil
    • Writer
      • Abdelmadjid Merdaci
    • Stars
      • Aziz Boukrouni
      • Laurent Gernigon
      • Stéphane Bonnet
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    Aziz Boukrouni
    • Commissaire Khodja
    • (as Khodja)
    Laurent Gernigon
    • Corbin
    • (as Corbin)
    Stéphane Bonnet
    • Le médecin légiste
    • (as le médecin légiste)
    Cesar Duminil
    • Jacques Bernardin
    • (as Jacques Bernardin)
    Karim Liazid
    • Antoine Casiraghi
    Youcef Sehairi
    • Abeid
    • (as Abeid)
    Ifig Brouard
    • Le chef de cabinet
    Hilda Amira Douaouda
    • Francine
    • (as Francine)
    Mohamed Adlane Bakhouche
    • Laarbi
    Mohamed Djouhri
    • Maître Giudicelli
    Farid Guetal
    Ahmed Rezzak
    • Director
      • Amar Sifodil
    • Writer
      • Abdelmadjid Merdaci
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    • Release date
      • February 25, 2017 (Algeria)
    • Country of origin
      • Algeria
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    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Production company
      • Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma (CADC)
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