Directing
Rabah Bouberras
Born 1950-01-01 · Algiers, Algeria
Rabah Bouberras (Arabic: رابح بوبراس), born in 1950, is an Algerian director and actor recognized for his commitment to national cinema as well as for his atypical career path, which illustrates the challenges facing the film industry in Algeria. He has lived in Montreal, Canada, for several years. Passionate about cinema since his teenage years, Rabah Bouberras attended the Algerian Cinematheque at the age of 16 and dreamed of becoming a director, even though there was no film school in his country yet. His early career began with a technical internship with Algerian television, obtained through a competitive examination, but he needed a diploma to advance. At that time, he managed to secure a scholarship to study at the Moscow State Higher School of Cinema (VGIK). He earned his director's diploma from the prestigious VGIK in Moscow, where he studied under A. M. Zgouridi in the same class as Alexander Sokurov. Back in Algeria, he directed three short films in the 1970s and, starting in 1982, a series of television films for Algerian Radio and Television. His first film was produced by ENPA. A true jack-of-all-trades, he easily transitions from documentary to fiction, from short to feature-length films, from drama to comedy. Wave After Wave, Sombréro, The Traveler and the Road, and Sahara Blues are among his best-known films among Algerian audiences and North African film fans. He also adapted Anton Chekhov's The End of an Actor and, for the stage, he staged Tchop in addition to a music hall show, Les Folies Berbères. His workshops on actor training, directing techniques and screenwriting were also particularly popular in Algiers.
Acting credits
NRRabah is forced to take over custody of his son Cédrick. The boy has been mute since losing his mother. Despite the financial strain caused by his immigrant status and undeterred by his fraught relationship with his son, Rabah will manage to rebuild Cédrick’s trust so they can be a family again.
Kinship
2019
NRHaunted by a past she hoped to escape, pregnant Halima reluctantly allows her partner Sylvain to join her in the pursuit of her estranged family abroad.
The Hidden Woman
2024
Behind the camera
10.0Sombrero is a 1986 crime comedy by Algerian director Rabah Bouberras, produced by ENTV. A gang smuggles precious diamonds hidden in a Mexican sombrero through customs, but the hat is stolen and passed from head to head, from one person to another, throughout the Algerian capital. Everyone sets out to find it...
Sombrero
1986
10.0Sombrero is a 1986 crime comedy by Algerian director Rabah Bouberras, produced by ENTV. A gang smuggles precious diamonds hidden in a Mexican sombrero through customs, but the hat is stolen and passed from head to head, from one person to another, throughout the Algerian capital. Everyone sets out to find it...
Sombrero
1986
10.0Mounya doesn't like the desert, and she doesn't like Majid either, but she agreed to go with him for the weekend to southern Algeria. Rabah Bouberras directs an intimate film which tells the story of a woman taking stock of her past and present during a trip to the south of Algeria with her son and her second husband.
Sahara Blues
1991
10.0Mounya doesn't like the desert, and she doesn't like Majid either, but she agreed to go with him for the weekend to southern Algeria. Rabah Bouberras directs an intimate film which tells the story of a woman taking stock of her past and present during a trip to the south of Algeria with her son and her second husband.
Sahara Blues
1991
9.5On the train between Algiers and Constantine, Kamal crosses paths with a young girl. Between fleeting moments and shared moments, a friendship is forged, carried by tenderness and escapades throughout Algeria. The journey then becomes a mirror of the heart's impulses, but distance becomes an obstacle when it comes to declaring one's feelings and imagining a future together.
The Passenger
1987
9.5On the train between Algiers and Constantine, Kamal crosses paths with a young girl. Between fleeting moments and shared moments, a friendship is forged, carried by tenderness and escapades throughout Algeria. The journey then becomes a mirror of the heart's impulses, but distance becomes an obstacle when it comes to declaring one's feelings and imagining a future together.
The Passenger
1987