Mehdi Charef
Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival. He won the César Award for Best First Film for Tea in the Harem.
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| Born | 21 October 1952 Maghnia, Algeria |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1985-Present |
Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.[1] He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.[3] He won the César Award for Best First Film for Tea in the Harem.[4]
Filmography
[edit]- Le thé au harem d'Archimède (1985)
- Miss Mona (1987)
- Camomille (1988)
- Au pays des Juliets (1992)
- Aime-toi toujours (1995)
- Pigeon volé (1996)
- La maison d'Alexina (1999)
- Marie-Line (2000)
- La fille de Keltoum (2001)
- All the Invisible Children (2005)
- Cartouches Gauloises (2007)
- Graziella (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ "Mehdi Charef". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: In the Country of Juliets". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ "Mehdi Charef". Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Mehdi Charef at IMDb
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