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Jamila, the Algerian

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Audience Score
70

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Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the Magda Film, إيجيبكو لتوزيع الأفلام - تاكفور أنطونيان drama flick. Jamila, the Algerian starring Magda Al Sabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min. The movie received a user score of 70/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 7 real users.

Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death..."

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