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Harem of Madame Osmane (Le harem de Mme Osmane, 2000) Director:Nadir Mokneche Carmen Maura (Madame Osmane) was awarded with a distinction at the Fotogramas de Plata Awards as Best Movie Actress in Madrid in 2001. Algiers, 1993. Since her husband left her, Madame Osmane’s tenants have had to put up with her moods and tantrums. Haunted by the fear of losing her respectability, this time the freedom fighter desperately tries to control the lives of those under her roof and interferes with her daughter Sakina’s love life, rather than deal with her own frustrations. When Sakina (Linda Slimani) is killed in a purported ‘terrorist attack’, she suddenly realizes that her submission to proprieties has lost her everything. |
