Barakat!

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Barakat!" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

2006 Algerian film

Barakat!

Directed by| Djamila Sahraoui
Written by| Djamila Sahraoui
Cécile Vargaftig
Produced by| Richard Copans
Starring| Rachida Brakni
Cinematography| Katell Djian
Edited by| Catherine Gouze
Music by| Alla
Distributed by| Pierre Grise Distribution

Release date

* 16 February 2006 (2006-02-16)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Countries| Algeria
France
Languages| French, Arabic

Barakat! ("Blessings!") is a 2006 French/Algerian drama film directed by Djamila Sahraoui. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2006.

## Plot

[edit]

During the Algerian Civil War, Amel (Rachida Brakni) is a doctor who, on returning home from work one day, discovers that her journalist husband has gone missing. Receiving no help from the authorities, she decides to look for him herself. She is helped by another woman, Khadidja.[1]

## Cast

[edit]

* Rachida Brakni as Amel
* Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari as Khadidja
* Zahir Bouzerar as Le vieil homme
* Malika Belbey as Nadia
* Amine Kedam as Bilal
* Ahmed Berrhama as Karim
* Abdelbacet Benkhalifa as L'homme du barrage
* Abdelkrim Beriber as Le policier
* Ahmed Benaissa as Homme accueil hôpital
* Mohamed Bouamari as Hadj Slimane

## Awards

[edit]

At the 2007 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Barakat! won the Oumarou Ganda Award for the Best First Work, the award for Best Music and the award for Best Screenplay.[2] It also won the prize for Best Arab Film at the third Dubai International Film Festival.[3]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Southern, Natalie, Plot Synopsis, AllMovie, retrieved 24 January 2008
2. ^ "Child soldier's struggle takes top prize at Africa's Fespaco film fest", Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 5 March 2007, archived from the original on 26 October 2012, retrieved 24 January 2008
3. ^ Jaafar, Ali (18 December 2006), "Dubai festival lauds Algerian 'Barakat!", Variety, retrieved 24 January 2008

## External links

[edit]

* Barakat! at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

FESPACO Best Original Score Prize

1972–2000|

* Les Coopérants (1985)
* Yaaba (1989)
* Tilaï (1991)
* Yelema (1993)
* Guimba the Tyrant (1995)
* Ilheu, de contenda (1997)
* Silmandé (1999)

2001–present|

* Les Couilles de l’éléphant (2001)
* Le Prix du Pardon (2003)
* Sous la clarté de la lune (2005)
* Barakat! (2007)

* v
* t
* e

FESPACO Best Screenplay Prize

1972–2000|

* L'Ombre de la terre (1983)
* Zan Boko (1989)
* Louss (1991)
* Contre le gouvernement (1993)
* Ahlam Saghira (1995)
* Salut Cousin! (1997)
* Chikin Biznis (1999)

2001–present|

* Dolè (2001)
* Kabala (2003)
* La Nuit de la Vérité (2005)
* Barakat! (2007)
* L'Absence (2009)
* Nameless (2021)

* v
* t
* e

FESPACO Oumarou Ganda Prize

1972–2000|

* Love Brewed in the African Pot (1981)
* Pawéogo (L'Émigrant) (1983)
* Jours de tourmente (1985)
* Nyamanton (1987)
* Mortu Nega (1989)
* Gito l'ingrat (1993)
* Keïta (1995)
* Miel et cendres (1997)
* Fools (1999)

2001–present|

* Rage (2001)
* L'Afrance (2003)
* Max and Mona (2005)
* Barakat! (2007)
* Le fauteuil (2009)
* Our foreign (2013)

This article related to Algerian film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article related to a French film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template