Mohamed Fellag
Date of birth: 1950-03-31
Place of birth: Algeria, Azzefoun
Known for: Acting
Also known as: محمد فلاق, Fellag
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Intimate Enemies
2007-10-03
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Les Barons
2009-11-04
The Barons have a motto: "slack off more to live longer." Every human being is born with a credit of
The Kid from Chaaba
1998-01-14
Le Gone du Chaâba (The Kid of the Chaaba), translated into English as Shantytown Kid by Naima Wolf,
Flowers of Blood
2002-05-01
In custody after she murders her middle aged photographer lover, a fourteen year old Pam reflects ba
From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
1990-07-25
On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the i
Zarafa
2012-01-25
Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated an
Monsieur Lazhar
2011-09-10
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits
Hassan Niya
1989-01-02
The story of Hassan, the handyman in the inn of his sister Aïcha, widowed and childless. A whole ser
Sons of the Earth
1991-01-01
A drama set a little before the 1920s, in which scattered news, stories and rumors spread the presen
Fellag - Djurdjurassique bled
1997-12-01
Top Floor Left Wing
2010-11-15
Like every morning, François Echeveria, a bailiff, should have been able to make a seizure in a subu
L'ère des Ninjas
Cocktail khorotov
1989-01-01
From 1978 to 1985, he participated in several theatrical productions, before returning to Algeria in
Michou d'Auber
2007-02-28
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and
Un bateau pour l’Australie
1991-03-01
Le Dernier chameau
2004-03-01
Barrières
1977-01-01
Tahar, son of a wealthy family, is trying to preserve his privileged status despite the social chang
Ni reprise, ni échangée
2010-09-14
Juliette, a mother of wealthy family and a little snobbish, has gradually developed a kind of genera
Fellag: Un bateau pour l'Australie
2002-04-16
Liberty at Night
1984-10-03
In the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.
Where Fig Trees Grow
2005-11-01
An ensemble piece set in a North African neighbourhood in Toulon.
Lumières
1989-01-01
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his
What the Day Owes the Night
2012-09-12
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized
Je vous ai compris
2012-06-01
Bacon on the Side
2010-10-27
Djalil Boudaoud and Justine Lacroix are a surgeon and a television reporter who enter a romantic rel
The Rabbi's Cat
2011-05-31
The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing
Voisins, voisines
2005-07-20
The Mozart Residence is home to several "new owners" of all origins: a new concierge, Paco, of Spani
Me and El Che
2018-07-11
GO is not just an aging college teacher. He still is the young 18 year-old idealist who dared to en
Il faut sauver Saïd
2008-01-01
10-year-old Saïd, a child of Algerian immigrants, is talented, motivated and would like to be a good
La veuve Tatouée
2008-10-30
Colette, fifty years old and devoted to her children, sees her life turned upside down the day she i
Sombréro
1986-01-01
Sombrero is a 1986 crime comedy by Algerian director Rabah Bouberras, produced by ENTV. A gang smugg
Inch'Allah dimanche
2001-12-05
The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland