Omar Killed Me
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Omar Killed Me is a 2011 drama film
directed by Roschdy Zem
. The film has been selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 84th Academy Awards
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem is a French actor of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Days of Glory" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival....
. The film has been selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2011 and will take place on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC. The host was originally going to be Eddie Murphy. However, after Brett Ratner resigned as...
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Cast
- Sami BouajilaSami BouajilaSami Bouajila is a French award-winning actor of Tunisian origin.Bouajila's grandfather was a Berber born in Tripoli, Libya and immigrated to Tunisia. Bouajila's father decided to immigrate to France in 1956. Sami was born and grew up in Échirolles, a suburb south of Grenoble...
as Omar Raddad - Denis PodalydèsDenis PodalydèsDenis Podalydès is a French actor, director and scriptwriter of Greek descent. He is a Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française....
as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard - Maurice BénichouMaurice BénichouMaurice Bénichou is a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke , and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie...
as Jacques Vergès - Salomé StéveninSalomé StéveninSalomé Stévenin was born on 29 January 1985 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France. She began her acting career at the age of 3 when she appeared alongside her father in the film Peaux des Vaches in 1989...
as Maud - Nozha Khouadra as Latifa Raddad
- Afida Tahri as La mère de Latifa
- Yanis Abdellaoui as Karim enfant
- Ayoub El Mahlili as Karim jeune garçon
- Martial Rivol as Président Djian
- Lounès Tazairt as M. Sheriff (as Lounès Tazaïrt)
- Liliane Nataf as Mme Marchal
- Catherine Salviat as Hélène Carrère d'Encausse