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Barakat
- Premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2006, to rave reviews and praise
- Won 3 awards at the 2007 FESPACO (Oumarou Ganda Award for the Best First Work, the award for Best Music and the award for Best Screenplay).
- It also won the prize for Best Arab Film at the third Dubai International Film Festival.
Backdrop of the story of Barakat!
December 1991 marked the beginning of the Algerian Civil War, as conflict broke out between Isalmist rebels and the government of Algeria. It was a war that raged violently until the Islamic Salvation Army surrendered in 2002, but as with all wars many innocent people died. Approximately a hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand people lost their lives, family members went missing and an estimated seventy journalists were assassinated before the end of the war. It is in this confusion, pain and time of fear that the story of Amel starts, and sets the scene for the movie “Barakat!”
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