The Harem of Madame Osmane
6.1(11) 2000-07-12 100 minComedyDrama
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.
DirectorNadir Moknèche
ProducerGerardo Herrero
ProducerSarah Halioua
ProducerDidier Haudepin
WriterNadir Moknèche
Cast & characters
Biyouna
as Meriem
Carmen Maura
as Madama Osmane
Djemel Barek
as Sid Ali
Andrée Damant
as Mrs. Costa
Afida Tahri
as Kheira
Smaïl Mekki
as Mimich
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Myriam Amarouchene
as Yasmine
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Justine Mallier-Giraud
as Kahina
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Henryk Wodzinski
as M. Stoliaroff
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Linda Slimani
as Sakina
Omar Bekhaled
as Nasser
Atmen Kelif
as Badreddine
Nadia Kaci
as La rouquine (red-haired girl)
Fatiha Berber
as Nasser's mother
Slimane Benaïssa
as Le Militaire
Ahmed Boulane
as Angry Man
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Thamila Mesbah-Detraz
as Tante Rabia
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Khadija Ait Hamou
as Shepherd
Samia Akariou
as Fadila, the bride
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Fatima Chebchoub
as Hostess
Nadia Kaci
as La Rouquine
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Aïcha Mahmah
as Mistress
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Latifa Benakouche
as Singer
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Fatima Boujou
as Woman in red
