Fawzi B. Saichi
Fawzi B. Saichi (in arabic : فوزي بسايشي), born April 9, 1951 in Aïn Sefra Algeria, is an Algerian actor. He is nicknamed "Rmimez" after his character in Djamel Bendeddouche's film "The Adventures of Rmimez" in 1986. Fawzi has lived in Algiers since the age of 6, and made his first appearance in the cinema in the film “Leïla et les Autres” by Sid Ali Mazif, in 1977. With the film by Rabah Laradji, written by Rachid Benallal, “Un Toit Et Une Famille”, released in 1982, he was awarded the prize for best male performance at the Carthage Cinematographic Days, in Tunisia. In 1986, Djamel Bendeddouche directed "Les Aventures de Rmimez (مغامرات رميمز)" a musical film starring Ouardia Hamitouche and Faouzi Saichi who performs "Rmimez" in a succession of clips, between dream and reality, meeting different actors . of the young Algerian music scene of the mid-1980s. "Rmimez", will become the nickname that will follow him throughout his career. An essential actor in Algerian cinema, he is also sought after by foreign filmmakers and will go on to produce more than twenty productions for television and cinema, including “Les Folles Années Du Twist” (1986), “De Hollywood à Tamanrasset” (1991). ), “Beur Blanc Rouge” (2006) by Mahmoud Zemmouri, La Route d’Istanbul by Rachid Bouchareb (2016), etc. In 2015, a tribute was paid to him in his presence and those of many figures of Algerian cinema at the Kateb Yacine regional theater in Tizi-ouzou.
