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Rachid Bouchareb

Rachid Bouchareb

French film director
September 1, 1953 (70 years old)

Our Ties

V.O.: Les Miens
Fr. 2022. Drama by Roschdy Zem with Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Meriem Serbah. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, a mild-mannered, self-effacing man in the throes of divorce tells his brother, sister and two adult children the truth.
Runtime: 85 min.

Our Brothers

V.O.: Nos frangins
Fr. 2022. Drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Reda Kateb, Lyna Khoudri, Raphaël Personnaz. In 1986, while student demonstrations had been shaking social peace for weeks, two young Frenchmen of North African origin are killed by members of the police force.
Runtime: 92 min.

Belleville Cop

V.O.: Le Flic de Belleville
Fr. 2018. Comedy by Rachid Bouchareb with Omar Sy, Luis Guzman, Franck Gastambide. A French policeman goes to Miami to arrest the drug traffickers his late colleague was investigating.
Runtime: 111 min.

Road to Istanbul

V.O.: La Route d'Istanbul
Fr. 2016. Drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Astrid Whettnall, Pauline Burlet, Patricia Ide. A Belgian nurse leaves for Turkey in the hope of bringing back her only daughter, who has joined jihadists and is preparing to go to Syria.
Runtime: 98 min.

Two Men in Town

V.O.: La Voie de l'ennemi
Runtime: 116 min.

Omar Killed Me

V.O.: Omar m'a tuer
Fr. 2011. Social drama by Roschdy Zem with Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydès, Maurice Bénichou. Convinced of the innocence of an illiterate Moroccan gardener sentenced to eighteen years in prison for the murder of a rich French woman, a writer opens his own investigation.
Runtime: 85 min.

Outside the Law

V.O.: Hors-la-loi
Fr. 2010. Drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem. In 1950s Paris, the struggle of three brothers for Algerian independence takes various forms.
Runtime: 138 min.
Fr. 2009. Drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sami Bouajila. In the aftermath of the 2005 terrorist attack in London, the intersecting journeys of a farmer in search of her daughter and a Franco-African forest ranger in search of his son.
Runtime: 87 min.

Days of Glory

V.O.: Indigènes
Fr. 2006. War drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem. During the Second World War, soldiers from the colonies suffer insults and harassment by the French army that recruited them.
Runtime: 124 min.
Fr. 2001. Drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem. A Senegalese man finds the descendants of his ancestors who were sold as slaves in the United States in the 19th century.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1997. Mores comedy by Rachid Bouchareb with Séloua Hamse, Karole Rocher, Roschdy Zem.
Runtime: 90 min.

Dust of Life

V.O.: Poussières de vie
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1992. Social drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Jean-Claude Adelin, Hammou Graïa, Luc Florian. The fates of French and Algerian Arabs who were sympathizers before the bloody repression of May 1945.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1991. Social drama by Rachid Bouchareb with Mourad Bounaas, Nozha Khouadra, Pierre-Loup Rajot. Expelled from France by a court decision, a young North African finds himself in Algeria where he has difficulty adapting to his new living conditions.
Runtime: 82 min.

Destination USA

V.O.: Bâton Rouge
Fr. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Rachid Bouchareb with Jacques Penot, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Hammou Graïa. Inspired by a song, three young unemployed French people decide to go live in America.
Runtime: 85 min.

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