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Echebka (الشبكة)
Echebka (الشبكة)

Echebka (الشبكة)

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Drama

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Maamar (Sid Ali Kouiret), a young fisherman working in a small port in western Algeria, is forced to sell his goods at a discount every day to Si Khelifa (Abdelhalim Rais), owner of many trucks and a cannery where the wives work fishermen. He has a strange encounter. As he returns from fishing, bassinet in hand, he witnesses a car accident. Indeed, a car hits a tree with a beautiful girl “Hayat” on board who has lost consciousness. Maamar pulls her out of the car and saves her. It is at this precise moment that he realizes the existence of another world. As if awakened from a long sleep, he realizes that this exploitation can no longer continue. He leaves his village and his wife Laâlia (Fatima Belhadj) on a whim for three years. He finds himself in the capital which he leaves to return to his village and carry out a saving action...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

01 January 1976

Country

Algeria

Cast

Sid Ali Kouiret

Sid Ali Kouiret

Maamar

Abdelhalim Rais

Abdelhalim Rais

Ammi Rabah

Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)

Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)

Chafia Boudraa

Chafia Boudraa

Khalti Aldjia

Mustapha El Anka

Mustapha El Anka

Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)

Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)

Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)

Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)

Kaci Tizi Ouzou

Kaci Tizi Ouzou

Fatima Belhadj

Fatima Belhadj

Laâlia

Tayeb Abou El Hassan

Tayeb Abou El Hassan

Si Kouider

Benyoucef Hattab

Benyoucef Hattab

Rachid

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