The famous Algerian actress Chafia Boudraa, a figure in Algerian cinema and theater who notably starred in the political thriller “Hors-la-loi” presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, died at the age of 92, reported state media on Monday.
Chafia Boudraa, born in Constantine in 1930 and widow of an FLN fighter who died during the Algerian war in 1960, was known for her roles in cult feature films such as El Hariq and The Escape of Hassan Terro. She died Sunday in Algiers.
During a rich career spanning more than fifty years, she also starred in the film “Hors-la-loi” by Rachid Bouchareb, who represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows the fate of three brothers torn apart by the war in Algeria, she interpreted the role of the mother. The film had aroused a lively controversy in France, the far right and associations of returnees from Algeria accusing it of “falsifying” history.
The death of Chafia Boudraa occurred a few days after that, on Friday, of another monument of Algerian cinema, actor and director Ahmed Benaissa, who had played the role of the father in “Hors-la-loi”. Ahmed Benaissa, who was on the poster for “Goutte d’Or”, presented at Cannes, died there before the screening of the film as part of the week of criticism.
The famous Algerian actress Chafia Boudraa, a figure in Algerian cinema and theater who notably starred in the political thriller “Hors-la-loi” presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, died at the age of 92, reported state media on Monday.
Chafia Boudraa, born in Constantine in 1930 and widow of an FLN fighter who died during the war…