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Mohamed Fellag

1950-03-31 (74 years old) in Algeria, Azzefoun

Mohand Fellag (in Arabic محمد فلاق; in Berber ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ), known as Mohamed Fellag or simply "Fellag" or sometimes Mohamed Saïd Fellag, is an Algerian actor, humorist and writer, born March 31, 1950 in Azeffoun in Algeria. Mohamed Fellag (ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ in Tifinagh) was born in Azeffoun in Kabylia. He only spoke Kabyle until the family moved to Algiers when he was eight years old. He then learned Algerian Arabic and French. His father, an FLN activist during the war, was killed in a car accident in 1965 during a mission (he was 15). He studied theater at the National Institute of Dramatic and Choreographic Art of Algiers, located in Bordj el Kiffan, from 1968 to 1972. He left the National Theater and founded his company with former students. They write texts, go on tour, play in prisons, factories, etc. He emigrated to Quebec in 1978, then to Paris in 1982, living from small jobs. In September 1985, he returned to Algeria and was hired by the Algerian National Theater to perform "The Art of Comedy" by Eduardo De Filippo. He worked as an actor and director, and began writing his texts, including his first show, "Les Aventures de Tchop" in 1986. He became a star thanks to performances mixing Berber, Arabic and French. In 1991, "Babor Australia" was created in Kabyle, then performed in Algerian Arabic in Paris. At the Théâtre de l'Europe in 1992, it was performed alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. "Babor Australia", updated to "A boat for Australia" in 2002, is based on a rumor, evoking the imminent arrival in Algiers of an Australian boat supposed to take unemployed people to provide them with employment and accommodation there, which caused a queue in front of the Australian embassy. He directed the Béjaïa theater for a while in 1992-939. The Algerian Civil War broke out, Fellag went on tour in 1994 with "Babor Australia", in Algeria then in Tunisia. At the end of the year, he settled in Tunis where he created "Delirium". In 1995, he went into exile in Paris. He writes there "Djurdjurassique Bled", which is represented alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. Then, he adapted it into French and this first show in French, created in December 1997, earned him the 1997-1998 Critics' Union Prize, theatrical revelation of the year. Fellag lived with the actress Marianne Épin, who died on December 9, 2017, who staged several of his last shows.

Movies

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Me and El Che
0 %|Jul 11, 2018
Comedy
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What the Day Owes the Night
77 %|Sep 12, 2012
Drama, Romance
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Je vous ai compris
87 %|Jun 1, 2012
Animation, Drama
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Zarafa
68 %|Jan 25, 2012
Family, Animation
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Monsieur Lazhar
71.47999999999999 %|Sep 10, 2011
Drama, Comedy
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The Rabbi's Cat
70 %|May 31, 2011
Comedy, Animation
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Top Floor Left Wing
58 %|Nov 15, 2010
Drama, Comedy
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Bacon on the Side
49 %|Oct 27, 2010
Comedy, Romance
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Ni reprise, ni échangée
60 %|Sep 14, 2010
Comedy, TV Movie
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Les Barons
58 %|Nov 4, 2009
Comedy
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Il faut sauver Saïd
0 %|Jan 1, 2008
Drama, TV Movie
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Intimate Enemies
63.22 %|Oct 3, 2007
Drama, War, History
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Michou d'Auber
64 %|Feb 28, 2007
Drama, Thriller
actor
Where Fig Trees Grow
100 %|Nov 1, 2005
Comedy, Drama
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Voisins, voisines
40 %|Jul 20, 2005
Comedy
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Le Dernier chameau
0 %|Mar 1, 2004
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Flowers of Blood
57 %|May 1, 2002
Drama
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The Kid from Chaaba
65 %|Jan 14, 1998
Drama
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Sons of the Earth
100 %|Jan 1, 1991
Drama
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From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
90 %|Jul 25, 1990
Comedy
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Hassan Niya
100 %|Jan 2, 1989
Comedy
actor
L'ère des Ninjas
0 %|Invalid Date
actor
Cocktail khorotov
70 %|Jan 1, 1989
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Lumières
100 %|Jan 1, 1989
Comedy, Drama
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Liberty at Night
59 %|Oct 3, 1984
Drama, Romance
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Barrières
100 %|Jan 1, 1977
Drama

Series

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Vivement dimanche
32 %|Sep 20, 1998
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