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Mehdi Charef
Writer 73 years old

Mehdi Charef

Marnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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All the Invisible Children

All the Invisible Children

John Woo, Spike Lee 2005 2h 4m 7.7

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Marie-Line

Marie-Line

Mehdi Charef 2000 1h 40m 7.0

Marie-Line works as a chief cleaner, at night, in a mall. She leads a team of 3-5 women, most of them being illegal aliens. Marie-Line is a hard woman with a golden heart, and she's in love with dead singer Joe Dassin. When her fascist husband walks out on her, whe tries to find love through ads.

Le thé au harem d'Archimède

Le thé au harem d'Archimède

Mehdi Charef 1985 1h 50m 10.0

Partageant les mêmes doutes et désillusions, Madjid et Pat, deux zonards paumés, errent dans une cite d'une banlieue bétonnée.

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