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Hamid Cheriet (in Kabyle language Ḥamid Ceryat) better known by his stage name Idir (in Kabyle language Yidir) (b. 1949 in Aït Lahcène, Algeria) is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.
Idir was born in Aït Lahcène, a Berber village in Haute-Kabylie. This farmer's son started studying Geology and was destined for a career in the petroleum industry before his rise to stardom. Idir has been the ambassador of the Kabyle culture, especially the Kabyle music, with only his vocals and acoustic guitar. Idir has always used his status to claim his Berber (Amazigh) identity. His first album A Vava Inouva came out in 1976, and the song "A Vava Inouva" was translated into seven languages. After notable success, Idir wrote and recorded his second album Ay Arrac Negh (meaning To our children) in 1979.
Idir restarted his career again with the release of a compilation in 1991 of seventeen songs from his first two albums "A Vava Inouva" and "Ay Arrac Negh".
In 1993, a new album Les Chasseurs de lumières (meaning the hunters of lights) appeared on the Blue Silver label. "Les Chasseurs de lumières" is about (his) predilection, love, freedom and exile (which he had known since he moved to the Paris region in 1975). The acoustic guitar gives to the songs of this album a touch of modernism. We can also hear the voice of the Breton singer Alan Stivell in the duo "Isaltiyen".
Actors: Alice Pol (actress), Denis Mermet (producer), Serge Gisquière (writer), Alban Ivanoff (actor), Stéphane Meunier (director), Vincent Trisolini (editor), Thomas Ancora (actor), Clément Aubert (actor), Samuel Brafman-Moutier (actor), Bertrand Cohen (producer), Camille Boquien (actress), Olivia Luccioni (actress), Pauline Le Jannou (actress), Clément Allanic (actor), Juliette Gilot (editor),
Plot: Margot Villers, a senior class student, is preparing for her Baccalauréat exam, specializing in cinema. The project she chooses to this end is to film the true life of her class. Mademoiselle Tissot, the head teacher, supports her idea, which is ultimately accepted by Monsieur Laroche, the assistant school principal. But not all the pupils are enthusiastic. However, helped by Yann, serving as an additional camera operator, Margot will manage to capture the mood of her class like the professional she may become some day...
Genres: Drama,Actors: Françoise Bertin (actress), Bernard Menez (actor), Frédérique Bel (actress), Dominique Farrugia (actor), Daniel Isoppo (actor), Myriam Boyer (actress), Bernard Yerlès (actor), Tony Gatlif (actor), Alain Chabat (actor), Maurice Chevit (actor), Marcel Cuvelier (actor), Dominique Besnehard (actor), Jean-Hugues Anglade (actor), Chantal Lauby (actress), Hélène Duc (actress),
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Plot: At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt their studies and return to their remote native Kabylian village of Tagsa. While waiting to be drafted into the French Army they have time to woo. Mokrane falls for beautiful Aazi and soon marries her only to find out that she can bear no child. Menach, on his part, is stongly attracted to Davda, but the latter is already married to a rich merchant...Happiness does not seem to be in store for the two former students...
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Samir Guesmi (actor), Magdolna Rokob (editor), Paul Bowles (actor), Paul Bowles (writer), Frieder Schlaich (producer), Frieder Schlaich (director), Frieder Schlaich (writer), Veronica Quilligan (actress), Irene von Alberti (director), Irene von Alberti (producer), Irene von Alberti (writer), Sam Cox (actor), Roman Bunka (composer), Sondos Belhassen (actress), Margarete Rose (editor),
Plot: Three short stories by the American expatriate, Paul Bowles, are brought to sinister life - 'Merkala Beach', 'Call at Corazon' and the haunting 'Allal'.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Paulo Branco (producer), Christine Laurent (writer), Sotigui Kouyaté (actor), Philippe Clévenot (actor), Christine Laurent (director), Stéphane Jobert (actor), Philippe Diaz (producer), Francine Sandberg (editor), Mostefa Djadjam (actor), Philippe Landoulsi (actor), Kader Boukhanef (actor), Sandro (actor), Philippe Arnaud (writer), Tony Jessen (actor), Francisco Barbosa (actor),
Genres: Drama,