Noureddine Brahimi

Noureddine Brahimi


in Algiers, Algeria
Noureddine Brahimi (نور الدين براهيمي) is an Algerian production director and actor. He began his film career in the film "The Battle of Algiers" in 1966 as production director in the company Casbah Film created for the occasion by Yacef Saâdi, co-producer of the film. One of the roles did not appear on the day of filming a wedding scene in the Casbah, he replaced it at short notice in the role of an FLN administrator responsible for recording the marriage. The role of the newlywed is played by his brother Abderrahmane Brahimi. In 1957, in Algeria, the people, supported by the FLN, revolted against the French occupiers. On both sides, extreme methods are used: torture by the French army and terrorism by the Algerians revolting against the power in place. The war will spare no one. In the Casbah district of Algiers, a former delinquent, Ali La Pointe, refuses to stop the fight, even when the situation seems desperate. For his part, Colonel Mathieu tries as best he can to carry out his mission, even if it means using drastic means... The film was nominated 3 times for the Oscars and was awarded the Golden Lion at the Mostra de Venice 1966.

Movies for Noureddine Brahimi...

La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Title: La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.
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L'Histoire Du Film
Title: L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
More than fifty years after the release of the film “The Battle of Algiers” in theaters in June 1966, director Salim Aggar found, after a search which lasted more than a year and a half, the actors, extras and technicians who worked on the film directed by Gillo Pentecorvo and produced by Yacef Saadi. In this documentary full of anecdotes and stories about the filming of the film, the director found the actress who played the role of Hassiba Ben Bouali, the young 17-year-old actress who played Bouhamidi's bride but especially certain figures important parts of the film who were barely 10 years old at the time of filming and who no one will recognize today. Beyond the important historical aspect of the film, the documentary focused mainly on the social, cinematographic and cultural aspect of the film and its impact on a generation which had just regained independence.
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Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
Title: Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2004
Type: Movie
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Saadi Yacef, who discuss the process of representing Algeria's struggle for independence and the challenges of presenting a balanced view of the conflict.
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The Battle of Algiers
Title: The Battle of Algiers
Character: Responsable FLN
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.