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Merzak Allouache
Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. He is one of the most influential Algerian filmmakers, considered by some to be the most important. He is the only Algerian filmmaker who devoted most, if not all, of his cinematic work to his native country.
As director
Front Row
The Family
Des femmes
Autumn Landscapes
Investigating Paradise
Divine Wind
Madame Courage
The Repentant
The Rooftops
Bay of Algiers
Tata Bakhta
Normal!
Harragas
Bab El Web
Chouchou
The Other World
À bicyclette
La soledad del manager
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
Love Reinvented
Salut cousin !
Lumière & Company
Bab El Oued City
Women on the Move
After October
A Parisian Love Story
The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows
The Adventures of a Hero
Omar Gatlato
Intimate Thought
