Sid Ahmed Agouni Movies
- 2007
A dedicated lawman hunting terrorists in war-torn, 1990s-era Algeria becomes an increasingly popular target amongst the most murderous men in the region in director Okacha Touita's entry into the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival. Inspector Brahim Llob is well known for his efforts in ensuring that the most elusive terrorists in Algeria pay for their brutal crimes - so well known, in fact, that instead of being the hunter he now officially qualifies as the hunted. Convinced that each day he shows up for work will be his last, Inspector Llob is ordered by his commanding officer to round up his two lieutenants and locate the missing girl of a retired government official. Later, while closing in on a radical fundamentalist organization on a deadly campaign to do away with Algerian intellectuals, Inspector Llob continually crosses paths with various people previously implicated in a high profile scandal and quickly begins to suspect that his every move is being dictated by the powers that be. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miloud Khetib, Azzedine Bouraghda, (more)
- 2005
Djamel Bensalah's comedy Once Upon a Time in the Oued stars David Saracino as Yacine, a young man attempting to get out of the marriage his parents have arranged for him. As he sets off for a summer with his family in Algeria, he and his best friend Johnny (Julien Courbey), meet a pair of women who the twosome flirt with. Johnny wants nothing more than to play football for the Algerian national team, and Yacine's younger brother must face a rather painful tradition. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Julien Courbey, David Saracino, (more)
- 2000
Algerian-born filmmaker Karim Traidia directs this exploration of exile and asylum. A prominent and outspoken journalist, Sahafi (Sid Ahmed Agoumi) is forced to seek political asylum in the Netherlands. Much of the film occurs during a prolonged exchange between Sahafi, reptilian Dutch bureaucrat (Jaap Spijkers) and a sympathetic translator (Monic Hendrickx). This film was screened at the 2000 Rotterdam Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sid Ahmed Agouni, Jaap Spijkers, (more)
- 1986
Both dramatic and humorous, this political tale is set in a small eastern Algerian town that has a mayor and a city council but not much else. One day, two government representatives arrive to announce that the nation's "Leader" is going to pay the sleepy village a visit. This sets off a furor and a big debate between the mayor and his friends on the one hand and the government representatives on the other. The local officials want to construct some new housing and make town improvements, but the government officials disagree. Their solution is to imprison the local officials, wall-off the slums from sight, and nationalize the local industry: a flour mill run by Mr. Fabre (Jacques Dufilho) which has one employee. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jacques Dufilho, Ezzat El Alaily, (more)
