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Chafia Boudraa

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Chafia Boudraa

Born April 22, 1930 in Constantine, AlgeriaDied May 22, 202216 films

Chafia Boudraa (in arabic : شافية بوذراع), real name Atika Boudraa born April 22, 1930 Constantine is an Algerian actress. She is the widow of Shahid (an FLN fighter during the war of independence, who died in combat in 1960).

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She left Constantine, her hometown, for Algiers in 1964. She began by working in different professions to provide for the needs of a family of eleven children: caregiver, switchboard operator, housekeeper, before contacting the RTA to work there, at stamp in several films. Chafia Boudraa will be revealed to the general public, thanks to the television series “El Hariq” (Fire) by Mustapha Badie, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib.

She will even play the role of the widow in “The Taming of the Shrew” produced by the National Theater of Algiers. Since these beginnings, his face has stood out with talent in Algerian and international television and cinema productions. During a rich career spanning over fifty years, she also played in the film "Hors-La-Loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, which represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows destiny of three brothers torn apart by the Algerian war.

She died on May 22, 2022.

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Outside the Law posterFirst watchOutside the Law20106.6as MotherAfter losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe.View film

Filmography

16 films as actor
  1. 2015Parfums d'Alger
  2. 2013Just Like a WomanLa mère de Mourad
  3. 2010Outside the LawMother
  4. 2006Beur Blanc RougeLa grand-mère de Brahim
  5. 1993Le Secret d'Elissa RhaïsAïcha
  6. 1992A Vampire in Paradise
  7. 1991Mohamed Bertrand-DuvalZohra, Fatima's mother
  8. 1991Le Cri des hommesLa Vieille
  9. 1990Rückkehr aus der WüsteMohameds Mutter
  10. 1984Mint TeaThe mother
  11. 1982Moussa's WeddingLa mère de Moussa
  12. 1982A Wife for My Son
  13. 1980Kahla wa BaydaMother
  14. 1977Leila and the OthersYamina, la mère de Meriem
  15. 1976Echebka (الشبكة)Khalti Aldjia
  16. 1974Hassan Terro's Escape