Chafia Boudraa

Chafia Boudraa

Birthday: 1930-04-22

Place of Birth: Constantine, Algeria

Biography: 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). 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.

Movies

Mint Tea
Mint Tea

A young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his moth...

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Outside the Law
Outside the Law

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattere...

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Leila and the Others
Leila and the Others

The story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between conservativ...

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Moussa's Wedding
Moussa's Wedding

Moussa, a young Franco-Algerian, returns to Algeria, but adapting to life in his country of origin p...

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Echebka (الشبكة)
Echebka (الشبكة)

Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is forced to...

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Hassan Terro's Escape
Hassan Terro's Escape

In 1957, the Battle of Algiers intensifies. Hassan, a peaceful resident of the Casbah, is mistakenly...

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Just Like a Woman
Just Like a Woman

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famo...

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Beur Blanc Rouge
Beur Blanc Rouge

Le match France - Algérie vient chambouler le train-train de Brahim et Mouloud. Cet évènement va div...

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A Wife for My Son
A Wife for My Son

An arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of an unhappy young Algerian woman....

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Parfums d'Alger
Parfums d'Alger

Karima, a famous photographer who has been living in Paris for several years, is forced to return to...

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Le Cri des hommes
Le Cri des hommes

1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression ...

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Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs
Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs

After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a...

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Rückkehr aus der Wüste
Rückkehr aus der Wüste

25-year-old electrician Thomas Tänzer is happily escaping the provincial confines of everyday life i...

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Mohamed Bertrand-Duval
Mohamed Bertrand-Duval

In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the ...

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Kahla wa Bayda
Kahla wa Bayda

Rabie is a kid from Sétif in 1980, trying to collect money to buy a wheelchair for his paralyzid sis...

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