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El Manara (2004)
90 min | Drama

El Manara (2004)

90 min | Drama

El- Manara, is a brutally direct depiction of Algerian society during the rise of fundamentalist Islam, which was to give rise to civil war following the annulment of the 1991 elections, in which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) won. It ...See moreEl- Manara, is a brutally direct depiction of Algerian society during the rise of fundamentalist Islam, which was to give rise to civil war following the annulment of the 1991 elections, in which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) won. It follows the life of Asma who now lives with her daughter in France, having, like many Algerians, fled the war.The film flashes back to Algiers where Asma, a university lecturer shares an apartment with her friends Ramadan, a doctor and Fawzi, a newspaper journalist. They attend the Manara festivities, celebrating Prophet Mohamed's anniversary. The event, a peaceful carnival with music and fireworks, is used as a backdrop to subsequent social transformations, and acts to give the viewer an idea of Muslim traditions in Algeria, which are placed in confrontation with the Wahabite ideology of the FIS. The three young people face obstacles to their friendship and carefree life as the traumas of the 1988 Algerian uprising and ensuing repression brings them face-to- face with their values. Beyond Algeria, the film provides keys to understand the fragility of democratic cultures in the region along with the mechanisms of disseminating fundamentalist Islamist ideas. Written by Anonymous See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid Ramdane Ramdane See fewer	El Manara (2004)
Khaled Benaïssa Fawzi Fawzi See fewer	Barbès, little Algérie (2024)
Farouk Boutadjine Terrorist Terrorist See fewer	The Colonel (2006)
Nacer Chenouf Yacine Yacine See fewer	Love is in the Air (2013)
Hichem Mesbah Actor Actor See fewer	I Lost My Body (2019)
Samia Meziane Asma Asma See fewer	The Trip to Algiers (2009)
Sofia Nouacer Bouchraa Bouchraa See fewer	Gates of the Sun (2014)