27 Nov 1972
The Conscience
Kujtim works as a car mechanic. He makes a mistake and does not fix the brakes of a truck properly, which leads to a deadly accident. He feels guilty, but is unable to admit his mistake.
Jamila, the Algerian
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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Magda Al Sabahi جميلة بو حريد
Ahmed Mazhar يوسف
صلاح ذو الفقار عزام
رشدي أباظة بيجار
Zahrat El-Ola بوعزة
Kariman حسيبة
Farida Fahmy سيمون
محمود المليجي المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس
Fakher Fakher مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة
Salah Nazmi 
Fattoh Nashaty 
Adly Kasseb قائد للمقاومة الجزائرية
Abdel Ghani Qamar 
Said Khalil 
Ahmed Loxer 
Ahmed Abaza 
Mohamed Hamdy 
Mohamed Abaza 
Tahani Rashed المجاهدة أمينة
نادية الجندي المجاهدة علياء
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