Film

The Harem of Madame Osmane

2000 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

5.9

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.

Biyouna

Meriem

Carmen Maura

Madama Osmane

Djemel Barek

Sid Ali

Andrée Damant

Mrs. Costa

Afida Tahri

Kheira

Smaïl Mekki

Mimich

Myriam Amarouchene

Yasmine

Justine Mallier-Giraud

Kahina

Henryk Wodzinski

M. Stoliaroff

Linda Slimani

Sakina

Omar Bekhaled

Nasser

Atmen Kelif

Badreddine

Nadia Kaci

La rouquine (red-haired girl)

Fatiha Berber

Nasser's mother

Slimane Benaïssa

Le Militaire

Ahmed Boulane

Angry Man

• Nadir MoknècheDirector · Writer
• Gerardo HerreroProducer
• Sarah HaliouaProducer
• Didier HaudepinProducer
• Hélène LouvartDirector of Photography
• Stéphanie MahetEditor
• Ahmed BoulaneCasting
• Laurence BourdilCasting
• Marie-Christine LafosseCasting

Release date

July 12, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

U

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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