Acting
Louisette Ighilahriz
Born
1936-08-22 (90)
Place of birth
Oujda, Morocco
Known for
Acting
Credits
5 titles
Louisa Ighilahriz, known as Louisette (Arabic: لويزة إغيل أحريز, Kabyle: Lwizet Iɣil-aḥriz), born August 22, 1936, in Oujda, Morocco, was an Algerian nationalist activist during the Algerian War. Louisette was born in Morocco to Kabyle parents from the Tigzirt region, in the Tizi-Ouzou province, Algeria. Her father, Saïd, was born in the village of Tifra, while her mother, Tassadit Tissira, was born in Tourirt Ait Zouaou in Upper Kabylia. Committed to the nationalist struggle, Louisette moved with her family to Algiers in 1948. As a student, she joined the ranks of the FLN in the Autonomous Zone of Algiers at the age of 20 on the eve of the Battle of Algiers in late 1956 under the name Lil…
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War 2 War
2025
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Moudjahidate
2008
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François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
2010
10.0The autobiographical account of the tormented life of a witness of the century: Louisa Ighilahriz, activist and leading figure in Algerian independence. A student, she joined the independence struggle at the age of 20, joining the ranks of the FLN on the eve of the Battle of Algiers in late 1956 under the name Lila. She took part in the high school students' strike, then fled into the maquis when she was actively sought after. She was part of the French FLN support network of "suitcase carriers" during the Battle of Algiers. Seriously wounded alongside her network leader, Saïd Bakel, during an ambush in 1957, hospitalized and then imprisoned, she suffered numerous tortures in French prisons. She will be saved from certain death by an anonymous person, she will seek, for forty years, to find him just to show him her gratitude... Emblematic of the painful Franco-Algerian history, Louisa's story is poignant and imbued with humanism.
Woman Is Courage
2003
10.0This is the story of Algerian activist Louisa Ighilahriz—known as Louisette (Arabic: لويزة إغيل أحريز; Kabyle: Lwizet Iɣil-aḥriz)—who was born on August 22, 1936, and was an Algerian nationalist activist during the Algerian War. Held from late September to December 1957 at the headquarters of General Massu's 10th Parachute Division, Louisette has testified that she was tortured there. Her account, published in Le Monde diary on June 20, 2000, helped reignite the debate regarding torture during the Algerian War.
Louisette Ighilahriz, My Last Memories
2026
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
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Moudjahidate
2008
10.0The autobiographical account of the tormented life of a witness of the century: Louisa Ighilahriz, activist and leading figure in Algerian independence. A student, she joined the independence struggle at the age of 20, joining the ranks of the FLN on the eve of the Battle of Algiers in late 1956 under the name Lila. She took part in the high school students' strike, then fled into the maquis when she was actively sought after. She was part of the French FLN support network of "suitcase carriers" during the Battle of Algiers. Seriously wounded alongside her network leader, Saïd Bakel, during an ambush in 1957, hospitalized and then imprisoned, she suffered numerous tortures in French prisons. She will be saved from certain death by an anonymous person, she will seek, for forty years, to find him just to show him her gratitude... Emblematic of the painful Franco-Algerian history, Louisa's story is poignant and imbued with humanism.
Woman Is Courage
2003