The Legacy of Mehdi Charef, Pioneer of the Writing "Bread" and the "Suburb Cinema"
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Known for his novel published in 1983, "The Tea at the harem ofArchi Ahmed", and for his cinematic adaptation, Mehdi Charef died on June 10, at the age of 73, at his home in the Paris region, announced his family and his publisher, Hors d'ablissement. Born on October 24, 1952, in Maghnia, Algeria, he grew up in the suburbs of Paris and worked in the factory to eventually become a writer, playwright and director whose works deal with precariousne…
In his work he addressed migration and exile, his novel »Tee im Harem des Archimedes« he filmed himself: now the Algeria-born Mehdi Charef died at the age of 73.
Author, director and figure of the French social cinema, Mehdi Charef died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday at the age of 73. Known for his film The Tea at the harem of Archimedes, he left behind a work marked by the stories of exile, popular classes and marginal trajectories.
A major cultural figure in Maghreb immigration, the author and filmmaker left us this Wednesday. His best-known work, the Harem Tea of Archi Ahmed, helped to open his eyes to the lives of immigrant children in France in the 1980s.
The writer and filmmaker of Algerian origin died in his sleep on the night of June 9 at the age of 73. His contribution to immigration literature is immense. A little more personal tribute. The post Mehdi Charef is dead, and it is a huge loss for the children of immigration appeared first on Bondy Blog.
Mehdi Charef had been successful with his feature film "The Tea at the harem of Archimede" (1985) — adapted from his novel of the same name — a precursor of many suburban films in the 1990s in France.
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