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- Brahim Hadjadj began with the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966), directed by the Italian Gillo Pontecorvo. The 32-year-old actor plays the leading role, that of the Algerian revolutionary hero Ali Ammar (1930-1957), known under the pseudonym "Ali La Pointe". The film received several awards and nominations including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966, Pontecorvo received the Oscar for best director in 1979.
The success of "The Battle of Algiers" is global, and Brahim Hadjadj becomes the radiant face of Algeria and the country's number one actor. In the minds of all Algerians he becomes "Ali La Pointe", in a film which exposes to the world the abuses of the French colonial army under the cover of "pacification campaigns", previously censored by the French media. Brahim Hadjadj becomes in the middle of the sixties, the rebel hero, glamorous icon of an entire youth who believes that a more egalitarian world is possible. Around the attribution of the role of Ali La Pointe to Brahim Hadjadj, there is a whole mythology, some say that the director Gillo Pontecorvo sitting at the terrace of the Tantonville café in Algiers, saw Hadjadj passing by by chance and offered him the role. Wild casting or not, Gillo Pontecorvo found the naturalness, spontaneity and grace he was looking for in Brahim, for his reality cinema film which he wanted to be as close as possible to a documentary.
Brahim Hadjadj goes from shadow to light after "The Battle of Algiers", without any dramatic training and a basic level of school studies, neither prepared nor supervised, he finds himself hounded by the press, bombarded with questions, which according to him, exceeded his cultural level. The actor, overwhelmed by his new status, still lives as before, day by day. Gillo Pontecorvo, thought of him to play the role of the anticolonial revolutionary José Dolores in his new film "Queimada" (1969). Brahim Hadjadj, then without an agent to manage his career and unpunctual, gave rise to serious doubts in the production company which considered him risky for such a substantial project. Brahim Hadjadj unreachable, the production opts for the Colombian actor Evaristo Márquez who shares the poster with the legend Marlon Brando. Brahim continued his career with Luchino Visconti in 1967 in "The Stranger", in 1969 in "L'Opium Et Le Bâton" by Ahmed Rachedi, in the role of Omar, in 1971 in "Patrouille À l'Est" by Amar Laskri, in 1974 Ahmed Rachedi in "The Finger in the Gear", in 1975 Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina in the cult "Chronique Des Années De Braise", in 1986 he is Si Omar in "The Roaring Years of the Twist" by Mahmoud Zemmouri...
In the 90s, in the middle of the dark decade, bomb attacks increased in Algiers and throughout the country, culture was no longer a priority for institutions, and a good number of intellectuals, journalists and artists, threatened, flee the country. The last years of Brahim Hadjadj's life, in the suburbs of the Algerian capital, in the Cherarba district, were difficult. Hadjadj is diagnosed with a brain tumor. While it took time to raise the funds to send him abroad for surgery, he died in Algiers. - Writer
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Jean Richepin was born on 4 February 1849 in Médéa, Algeria. He was a writer and actor, known for Le chemineau (1917), The Siren (1913) and Le chemineau (1935). He was married to Marie Emmanuele de Stempowska and Eugénie Constant. He died on 12 December 1926 in Paris, France.- Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli is considered one of the pillars of culture and the arts in Algeria. He was born in Médéa in 1913 and grew up in a conservative family. His first encounter with the boards dates back to 1920, when he had not yet reached the age of 7. He recorded his creative career in golden letters, with remarkable and rich artistic achievements (plays, operettas). In 1935, he created the club "El Hilal Erryadi" whose activities encompassed different sports disciplines as well as works of art and theatrical productions. Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli traveled to Algiers in 1939 where he became interested in political activity, following his membership of the PPA. At the same time, he created a theatrical troupe called "Redha El Bey". During this period, he wrote many poems and patriotic hymns on behalf of the Algerian Muslim Scouts, among others the Kassida entitled "Min Jibalina" and another under the title "At the call of my homeland, I answered present ". He has also written plays including "I tell you" (Ahqui laka) "and" The crazy beach "(Medjnoun Echat)". After the events of May 8, 1945 and the rise of nationalism which resulted in the demand for freedom and independence, the French authorities prohibited the activities of the troupe, in which he played, until 1948, because of his involvement in the nationalist struggle. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli joined the ranks of the National Liberation Front within it was activated. This earned him to be arrested in 1957 and will not be released until three years later. He was subsequently broadcast on national radio where he produced numerous programs on poetry and song. Among these programs, we will mention "Ahlem oua Aouham", (Dreams and imaginations) "Dounya Echabab" (the world of young people) and "Rached oua El Djouala". In addition, he created a popular theater troupe that moved from village to village. Following independence in 1962, Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli joined the Algerian National Theater where he brought out all his energy and artistic skill. He got the first prize from the RTA, as the author of the lyrics of the song called "Taj Ezzine". Throughout his artistic career, writing has been his main occupation. He wrote 5,000 poems (Kassida), some are written in literary Arabic. It has also been translated or adapted a dozen international plays and operettas in addition to numerous film scripts and stories.
- José Davilla was born on 29 January 1919 in Médéa, Algeria. He is an actor, known for On ne meurt pas comme ça (1946), L'ange qu'on m'a donné (1946) and Rita (1947).