The Harem of Madame Osmane

The Harem of Madame Osmane

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 12, 2000

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.

The Harem of Madame Osmane

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 12, 2000

The Harem of Madame Osmane
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Canal+ Horizons, Astoria Films, Bloody Mary Productions
Original title Le harem de Mme Osmane
Directors Nadir Moknèche
Writers Nadir Moknèche

Cast

Carmen Maura

as Madama Osmane

Biyouna

as Meriem

Djemel Barek

as Sid Ali

Andrée Damant

as Mrs. Costa

Afida Tahri

as Kheira

Atmen Kelif

as Badreddine

Nadia Kaci

as La rouquine (red-haired girl)

Omar Bekhaled

as Nasser

Fatiha Berber

as Nasser's mother

Slimane Benaïssa

as Le Militaire

Ahmed Boulane

as Angry Man

Myriam Amarouchene

as Yasmine

Linda Slimani

as Sakina

Thamila Mesbah-Detraz

as Tante Rabia