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Mohamed Fellag

Mohamed Fellag

Mohand Fellag (in Arabic محمد فلاق; in Berber ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ), known as Mohamed Fellag or simply "Fellag" or sometimes Mohamed Saïd Fellag, is an Algerian actor, humorist and writer, born March 31, 1950 in Azeffoun in Algeria. Mohamed Fellag (ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⴳ in Tifinagh) was born in Azeffoun in Kabylia. He only spoke Kabyle until the family moved to Algiers when he was eight years old. He then learned Algerian Arabic and French. His father, an FLN activist during the war, was killed in a car accident in 1965 during a mission (he was 15). He studied theater at the National Institute of Dramatic and Choreographic Art of Algiers, located in Bordj el Kiffan, from 1968 to 1972. He left the National Theater and founded his company with former students. They write texts, go on tour, play in prisons, factories, etc. He emigrated to Quebec in 1978, then to Paris in 1982, living from small jobs. In September 1985, he returned to Algeria and was hired by the Algerian National Theater to perform "The Art of Comedy" by Eduardo De Filippo. He worked as an actor and director, and began writing his texts, including his first show, "Les Aventures de Tchop" in 1986. He became a star thanks to performances mixing Berber, Arabic and French. In 1991, "Babor Australia" was created in Kabyle, then performed in Algerian Arabic in Paris. At the Théâtre de l'Europe in 1992, it was performed alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. "Babor Australia", updated to "A boat for Australia" in 2002, is based on a rumor, evoking the imminent arrival in Algiers of an Australian boat supposed to take unemployed people to provide them with employment and accommodation there, which caused a queue in front of the Australian embassy. He directed the Béjaïa theater for a while in 1992-939. The Algerian Civil War broke out, Fellag went on tour in 1994 with "Babor Australia", in Algeria then in Tunisia. At the end of the year, he settled in Tunis where he created "Delirium". In 1995, he went into exile in Paris. He writes there "Djurdjurassique Bled", which is represented alternately in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. Then, he adapted it into French and this first show in French, created in December 1997, earned him the 1997-1998 Critics' Union Prize, theatrical revelation of the year. Fellag lived with the actress Marianne Épin, who died on December 9, 2017, who staged several of his last shows.

Personal information

Birthday

1950-03-31

Birth Place

Algeria, Azzefoun

Movies and TV shows :

Bacon on the Side

Bacon on the Side

2010

4.9

Movie
Barrières

Barrières

1977

10.0

Movie
Cocktail khorotov

Cocktail khorotov

1989

7.0

Movie
Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled

Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled

1997

10.0

Movie
Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie

Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie

2002

0.0

Movie
Flowers of Blood

Flowers of Blood

2002

5.7

Movie
From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

1990

9.0

Movie
Hassan Niya

Hassan Niya

1989

10.0

Movie
Il faut sauver Saïd

Il faut sauver Saïd

2008

0.0

Movie
Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies

2007

6.3

Movie
Je vous ai compris

Je vous ai compris

2012

8.7

Movie
L'ère des Ninjas

L'ère des Ninjas

0.0

Movie
Le Dernier chameau

Le Dernier chameau

2004

0.0

Movie
Les Barons

Les Barons

2009

5.8

Movie
Liberty at Night

Liberty at Night

1984

5.9

Movie
Lumières

Lumières

1989

10.0

Movie
Me and El Che

Me and El Che

2018

0.0

Movie
Michou d'Auber

Michou d'Auber

2007

6.4

Movie
Monsieur Lazhar

Monsieur Lazhar

2011

7.1

Movie
Ni reprise, ni échangée

Ni reprise, ni échangée

2010

6.0

Movie
Sons of the Earth

Sons of the Earth

1991

10.0

Movie
The Kid from Chaaba

The Kid from Chaaba

1998

6.5

Movie
The Rabbi's Cat

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

7.0

Movie
Top Floor Left Wing

Top Floor Left Wing

2010

5.8

Movie
Un bateau pour l’Australie

Un bateau pour l’Australie

1991

10.0

Movie
poster

Vivement dimanche

1998

3.0

TV
Voisins, voisines

Voisins, voisines

2005

4.0

Movie
What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

2012

7.7

Movie
Where Fig Trees Grow

Where Fig Trees Grow

2005

10.0

Movie
Zarafa

Zarafa

2012

6.8

Movie