Farida Amrouche (in Arabic: فريدة عمروش), is an Algerian actress.
Coming from a family of artists, she was trained in the 1960s at the Algerian conservatory by Allel El Mouhib. She then worked as an actress at the Algerian National Theater, then directed by Mustapha Kateb, for thirty years, and in 1967 she won the 1st Prize for Interpretation at the Timgad Festival. She then played in cinema and television on both sides of the Mediterranean, in Algeria and France. In 1978 she married the director Farouk Mezouane.
During the black decade in Algeria in the 1990s, she was forced into exile, after the assassination of many artists. She took refuge in France, where she did odd jobs to earn money, and joined the Théâtre du Soleil directed by Ariane Mnouchkine and was able to continue what inspired her above all, theater.
CAREER
Theater (non-exhaustive list)
1996: En Attendant Dodo by Zermaich, by the Exil Zéro troupe 1993: L'Affrontement by Zahir, directed by the author 1992: Le Chant De La Forêt by Lessia Oukraïnka, directed by. Monia Aït El Hadj 1991: El Djouala, directed by Abdellah Ouriachi 1984: Brother, You Are Offside, directed by Abdellah Ouriachi 1982: Mir Ou Rabi Kbir, directed by Abdellah Ouriachi 1979: Si Boulounouar And Co, directed by Ziani-Chérif Ayad 1972: The Encircled Corpse by Kateb Yacine, directed by Mustapha Kateb 1971: Oedipus the King directed by Allel El Mouhib 1971: Dom Juan or the Stone Feast by Molière, directed by Mustapha Kateb 1970: The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Hadj Omar 1970: Two Pieces, Kitchen by Abdelkader Safiri, directed by the author 1968: Roses Reds For Me by Sean O'Casey, directed by Allel El Mouhib 1968: The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, directed by Habib Reda 1967: Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Mustapha Kateb 1967: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Allel El Mouhib 1966: Africa Had One by Abderrahmane Kaki, directed by the author 1966: The Old Men by Abderrahmane Kaki, directed by the author 1965: To Each His Justice by Abderrahmane Kaki, directed by the author 1964: 132 Years by Abderrahmane Kaki, directed by the author 1963: Children of the Casbah by Abdelhalim Rais, directed by Mustapha Kateb
Cinema & Television (list not exhaustive)
2013: Fever by Hicham Ayouch, Nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Award for Farida Amrouche at the 2014 Francophone Cinema Awards. 2006: La Môme, directed by Olivier Dahan, Role: Piaf's grandmother 2005: Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg, Role: a Palestinian victim 2001: La Repentie, directed by Lætitia Masson, Role: Isabelle Adjani's mother 2005: Central Nuit, directed by Olivier Barma, Role: Mother Djamila 2003: Lawyers and Associates, directed by Patrice Martineau, Role: Myriam 2001: A Great Family, directed by Joël Santoni, Role: Zakia 2000: Joséphine, Guardian Angel, Romain and Djamila, directed by Jacob Berger, Role: Leïla 2000: Two Women in Paris, directed by Caroline Huppert, Role: "Leila" 1999: Police District, directed by Olivier Chavarot, Role: "Mother Doumi" 1999: Suicide of a Teenager, directed by Michaëla Watteaux, Role: "Mother of Smaïn" 1999: Le Bahut, directed by Arnaud Sélignac, role: "Mother Dina" 1995: Nightmare of a Postman, by Ahmed Sedjane 1993: The Last Cry by Farouk Mezouane 1992: Forbidden Dream, by Slimane Ben Karsa 1991: El Massir, Serial by Djamel Fezzaz 1990: Coincidence by Ahmed Sedjane 1987: The Ramparts of Tlemcen by Mohamed Bouamari 1984: Houria by Sid Ali Mazif 1984: A Simple Story by Farouk Mezouane 1983: Business Card by Jean-Pierre Lledo 1980: A Woman for My Son by Ali Ghalem 1979: The Challenge by Moussa Haddad 1979: Assia, TV Movie by Mustapha Kateb 1979: Hassan Taxi by Mohamed Slim Riad 1978: Fersoussa and the King by Djamel Bendeddouche 1978: Cats by Abdelghani Mehdaoui 1977: The Blood of the Free by Farouk Mezaouane 1977: Khazouini 3 by Mohamed Hilmi 1976: Khazouini 1 & 2 by Mohamed Hilmi 1976: The Woman with Two Faces by Farouk Mezouane 1971: The Neighbor by Benamar Bakhti 1970: The Sorcerer by Mustapha Badie 1969: For The Example of Mohammed Badri 1969: El Ghoula by Mustapha Kateb 1963: Monsieur D'Alger by Mustapha Tizraoui
Several short films with the directors: Djamel BENDEDDOUCHE, Djamel BOUKELLA, MEHDAOUI, BOURETIMA, Mohamed BADRI and Farouk MEZOUANE
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