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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Mehdi Charef (writer)
Release Date:
6 June 1986 (USA) more
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Mehdi Charef challenges stereotypical French attitude of liberty,equality and fraternity. more (2 total)
Cast
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Directed by | |||
| Mehdi Charef | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Mehdi Charef | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Costa-Gavras | .... | producer | |
| Michèle Ray-Gavras | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Karim Kacel | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Dominique Chapuis | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Kenout Peltier | |||
Casting by | |||
| Marie-Christine Lafosse | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Thierry Flamand | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Olga Berluti | |||
| Catherine Gorne-Achdjian | |||
| Maïka Guézel | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jacques Fontanier | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Joël Beldent | .... | foley artist | |
| Patrick Ghislain | .... | dubbing mixer | |
| Jérôme Lévy | .... | foley artist | |
| Jean-Paul Mugel | .... | sound | |
| Claude Villand | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Armando Philippe | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Thierry Jault | .... | assistant camera | |
| Robert Prévost | .... | electrician | |
| Guillaume Schiffman | .... | assistant camera | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Pascale Bouché | .... | assistant editor | |
| Marion Monestier | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Pascale Bailly | .... | script supervisor | |
| Sylvette Baudrot | .... | script supervisor | |
| Caroline Maly | .... | production secretary | |
| Jean-Louis Monthieux | .... | location manager | |
| Henri Ray | .... | production administrator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Cinecom Pictures (1986) (USA) (subtitled)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- VCL Communications (West Germany) (VHS)
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Also Known As:
Tea in the Harem (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:110 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (bw) (nf)
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Referenced in P.R.O.F.S. (1985) more
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It is entirely due to Mehdi Charef that in today's French Cinema Beur filmmakers like Abdel Kechiche (La faute à Voltaire) and Malik Chibane (Douce France) are getting instant success and recognition.He is recognized as the trend setter of Beur Cinema for having given a distinctive image to Arab youths by directing "Le thé au harem d'Archimède" in 1985.His film won prestigious Jean Vigo prize in 1985.This film is based on the autobiographical novel written by Mehdi Charef for which Costa Gavras provided financial support as its producer.Le thé au harem d'Archimède talks about the marginal figures of French society for whom there are no opportunities to progress in life,no jobs to provide them with a decent living.These are the people who know that hollow slogans of liberty,equality and fraternity are of absolutely no use to them.It is the light tone of this film which will captivate viewers.Those who know French suburbs from "La Haine" are for a great shock as there is less violence as compared to Mathieu Kassovitz's film.