Mohamed Chouikh
Know for: Directing
Born: 1943-11-03
Place of birth: Mostaganem, Algéria
Also know as:
Elise, or Real Life (1970)
In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory....
Dawn of the Damned (1965)
This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is a film about death. Its most shocking sequences...
The Outlaws (1969)
In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the...
The Nomads (1976)
When their father dies, three nomadic sons choose different voices. The first part for the city, the second tries to live as its ancestors develop...
L'Obstacle (1965)
Algerian youth of the 1960s, straddling traditional South Mediterranean and Western culture and the desire for emancipation of younger generations to...
The Winds of the Aures (1967)
Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes the transformations of the daily life of the Algerian...
Dance of the Wind (2003)
Youssef, a director in his fifties, is preparing a film and goes scouting in the south of Tunisia. He travels the region, records images, meets a...
The Passengers (1971)
A documentary about algerian immigration in France
The Desert Ark (1998)
The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when...
Breakdown (1982)
"Rupture is a look at a complex and little-known period in the recent history of Algeria, that of the thirties, a time when a political conscience...
The Desert Ark (1998)
The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when...
Breakdown (1982)
"Rupture is a look at a complex and little-known period in the recent history of Algeria, that of the thirties, a time when a political conscience...
The Citadel (1988)
El Kalaa, a village in southern Oran. Although already married, old Sidi planned to marry another. He sets his sights on the beautiful Aïssa,...
Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper (1994)
Directed by Mohamed Chouikh.
The Citadel (1988)
El Kalaa, a village in southern Oran. Although already married, old Sidi planned to marry another. He sets his sights on the beautiful Aïssa,...
Sandstorm (1982)
Seen right through the sandstorms that rack the lives of a tribe living on a desert oasis, is a subtle and not-so-subtle mistreatment of the female...
Douar de Femmes (2005)
At a dangerous time in Algeria, 'Douar de Femmes' is a story of ordinary women who manage to defend themselves in extraordinary situations. The film...
Douar de Femmes (2005)
At a dangerous time in Algeria, 'Douar de Femmes' is a story of ordinary women who manage to defend themselves in extraordinary situations. The film...