Himoud Brahimi
Himoud Brahimi born in Algiers on March 18, 1918, was a poet, inspired writer, swimmer - he broke the world record for freediving in 1956 at the Paris swimming pool - memorable actor of the Algerian National Theater and best cinema Algerian in the 1970s and 80s, (he notably distinguished himself in the film "Tahya Ya Didou" by Mohamed Zinet and "Taxi El Makhfi" (The Clandestine) by Benamar Bakhti), an essential character in the heated debates from then to the Algiers cinema library.
Mohamed Brahimi, baptized "Himoud" by his nanny M'Barka, nicknamed Momo by his French admirers, is a profound and multifaceted character, his career will be dominated by his relationship to the sciences of metaphysics, publishing, among others, The Supreme Identity (1958), a manifesto on theology and philosophy. This Sufi Muslim was interested in Christianity, Judaism and even Hinduism, revealing a philosophy inherent in integral love and knowledge through light: "I learned that the value of man lies not in not in what he can imagine and create for the world of the senses; but to encourage the infiltration of light into what is still unknown in it, to enlarge the knowledge of the infinite that it conveys.” Described as a blessed poet, Momo – it is true – left his mark with these verses and especially with his text “Mienne Casbah”. The love he has for her – and by extrapolation to his entire country. Friendly humanist without limits has always advocated love of one's neighbor, whatever the country and its culture, but proclaiming his city as a "sleeping conscience of a civilization" in the Mediterranean, a reference to the historical and cultural memory of Algeria and an immutable link between the past and the present.
He led this fight until his death on June 30, 1997 in Algiers. He will have lived rebellious, loving freedom and dignity.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.852 |
Birthday | 1918-03-18 |
Place of Birth | Alger, Algérie |
Also Known As | Himmoud Brahimi, |
1989
Le Clandestin
10/3
Nine people with Abdullah Le Clandestin (Illegal Taxi), in one car, on the way to Algiers.
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Le Clandestin
1982
Sandstorm
10/1
Seen right through the sandstorms that rack the lives of a tribe living on a desert oasis, is a subtle and not-so-subtle mistreatment of the female me...
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Sandstorm
1971
Tahia Ya Didou !
9.5/2
Originally commissioned by the city of Algiers to promote tourism, Mohamed Zinet’s Tahia ya Didou blends documentary with fiction to create a poetic,...
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Tahia Ya Didou !
1952
Heart of the Casbah
7/2
Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son of a first marriage arrives in Algiers from which he h...
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Heart of the Casbah
1949
Daughter of the Sands
10/1
This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she is convinced no one cares for her, the young nobleman s...
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Daughter of the Sands
1987
Cry of Stone
10/1
Directed by Abderrahmane Bouguermouh.
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Cry of Stone
1991
Sons of the Earth
10/1
"Hijos de la tierra" presents a drama set a little before the 1920s, in which scattered news, stories and rumors spread the presence of a new wealth,...
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Sons of the Earth
1978
The Olive tree of Boul'hivet
10/1
Directed by Mohamed Nadir Azizi.
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The Olive tree of Boul'hivet
1981
العنقة (El Anka)
10/1
1/4 - In 1925, the young M’hamed El Anka replaced his master Nador at short notice. He realizes that he is far from mastering all the instruments of h...
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