2000
6.2 (8 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Astoria Films
Bloody Mary Productions
Canal+ Horizons
Bloody Mary Productions
Canal+ Horizons
The Harem of Madame Osmane (Le harem de Mme Osmane)
Overview
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
Key Crew
Director: Nadir Moknèche
Director of Photography: Hélène Louvart
Producer: Gerardo Herrero, Sarah Halioua, Didier Haudepin
Top Cast
Carmen Maura
Madama Osmane
Biyouna
Meriem
Djemel Barek
Sid Ali
Andrée Damant
Mrs. Costa
Afida Tahri
Kheira
Atmen Kelif
Badreddine
Nadia Kaci
La rouquine (red-haired girl)
Omar Bekhaled
Nasser
