The Harem of Madame Osmane
Le harem de Mme Osmane
Release: 2000-07-12
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.7
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Algeria
France
Spain
Production Companies
Astoria Films
Bloody Mary Productions
Canal+ Horizons
Cast
Atmen Kelif
as Badreddine
Hicham Bahloul
as Gas station attendant
Karim Saleh
as M. Bouchama
Smaïl Mekki
as Mimich
Fatiha Berber
as Nasser's mother
Slimane Benaïssa
as Le Militaire, Military man
Andrée Damant
as Mrs. Costa
Omar Bekhaled
as Nasser
Samia Akariou
as Fadila, the bride
Ahmed Boulane
as Angry Man, Angry man
Carmen Maura
as Madama Osmane
Mohammed Marouazi
Djemel Barek
as Sid Ali
Afida Tahri
as Kheira
Biyouna
as Meriem
Nadia Kaci
as La rouquine (red-haired girl), La Rouquine
