
El Manara
Three young friends—a girl (Asma) and two boys (Fawzi and Ramdane)—bound by a loving friendship, lead a carefree life. The riots of October 1988, the repression, the democratic explosion, and the Islamist drift that followed turn their lives upside down. Fawzi, a journalist involved in the independent press movement, and Ramdane, a doctor sensitive to the concerns of ordinary people, drift apart, separate, and find themselves caught up in a confrontation that is beyond their control. Asma tries in vain to prevent the trio from breaking up... But none of the three emerges unscathed...
- Year: 2004
- Country: Algeria
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Machaho Production
- Keyword: terrorism, algeria, algerian civil war (1991-2002), maghreb, djazair
- Director: Belkacem Hadjadj
- Cast: Khaled Benaissa, Sofia Nouacer Kouninef, Samia Meziane, Hichem Mesbah, Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid, Farouk Boutadjine