Mehdi Charef (21 October 1952 – 9 June 2026) was a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.[1] He worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Tea in the Harem was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2] For this film, he won the César Award for Best First Film.[3] Seven years later, his film In the Country of Juliets competed for the Palme d’Or at the 1992 festival.[4] Charef died on 9 June 2026, at the age of 73.[5]
Filmography
- Tea in the Harem (1985)
- Miss Mona (1987)
- Camomille (1988)
- In the Country of Juliets (1992)
- Aime-toi toujours (1995)
- Pigeon volé (1996)
- La maison d’Alexina (1999)
- Marie-Line (2000)
- La fille de Keltoum (2001)
- All the Invisible Children (2005)
- Summer of ’62 (2007)
- Graziella (2015)
References
- ^ “Mehdi Charef”. Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ “Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem”. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ “Mehdi Charef”. Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ “Festival de Cannes: In the Country of Juliets”. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ Mehdi Charef, écrivain et cinéaste connu pour « Le Thé au harem d’Archimède », est mort à 73 ans (in French)
External links
- Mehdi Charef at IMDb
