1950-03-31 ( 75 years old ) in Algeria, Azzefoun
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.
Movies
Me and El Che
2018-07-11
What the Day Owes the Night
2012-09-12
Je vous ai compris
2012-06-01
Zarafa
2012-01-25
Monsieur Lazhar
2011-09-10
The Rabbi's Cat
2011-05-31
Top Floor Left Wing
2010-11-15
Bacon on the Side
2010-10-27
Ni reprise, ni échangée
2010-09-14
Les Barons
2009-11-04
Il faut sauver Saïd
2008-01-01
Intimate Enemies
2007-10-03
Michou d'Auber
2007-02-28
Where Fig Trees Grow
2005-11-01
Voisins, voisines
2005-07-20
Le Dernier chameau
2004-03-01
Flowers of Blood
2002-05-01
Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie
2002-04-16
The Kid from Chaaba
1998-01-14
Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled
1997-12-01
Un bateau pour l’Australie
1991-03-01
Sons of the Earth
1991-01-01
From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
1990-07-25
Hassan Niya
1989-01-02
Cocktail khorotov
1989-01-01
Lumières
1989-01-01
Liberty at Night
1984-10-03
Barrières
1977-01-01
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