Athmane Ariouet (Arabic: عثمان عريوات) is an actor in Algerian cinema, theatre, and television. He is known as a character actor, and has won many awards.

Athmane Ariouet
عثمان عريوات
Born
Amdoukal, Algeria
OccupationActor
Years active1963–2004

Early life

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Ariouet was born in Amdoukal in Barika, in the wilaya of Batna.[citation needed]

As a schoolboy, he wished to become a great actor.[1] He unanimously won the first prize for diction in French. Late, his acting credibility was encouraged by the French teacher Henri Vangret. He then studied Arabic theatre along with prominent actors Mustapha Kasdarli, Taha Laâmiri, and Allal Mouhib.[2]

He first attended the Algiers Conservatory from 1969 to 1972.[citation needed]

Career

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Considered as one of the best and most distinguished character actors in Algerian cinema, Ariouet has been awarded multiple times in a career spanned for more than five decades.[1]

His debut acting role was in the 1963 film Le Résultat. In 1981, he acted in the television film The Executioner Cries directed by Abder Isker.[2]

His 1994 cult film Carnaval Fi Dechra, considered as the most relentless caricature of a political system adrift. The film, directed by Mohamed Oukassi, is acomedy film which depicts Algerian society with derision. He was banned from acting after the film. In 2002, he returned to cinema acting with the film El Arch under the presidential permission. In December 2003, he released his debut (as director? producer?) film Er-roubla, co-produced with ENTV.[2][1]

In 2004, he retired from acting after the film Chronique des années pub, in which he encountered financial difficulties as well as theatrical release ban. However, in 2017 at the forum of the daily El Moudjahid, former Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi said that "the film was in the editing phase", and it was finally released in 2018.[2]

Awards and recognition

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In July 2020, Ariouet awarded with national merit medals of "Achir" rank, by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.[3][4]

Filmography

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Year Film Roles Ref.
1963 Le Résultat
1967 Molière's miser
1969 The Sorcerer
1969 By You and For You
1971 Archam
1972 Sketch the Living Dead
1973 Chaàbia
1973 Negligence
1976 The Uprooted
1976 The Rifles of Mother Karar
1976 Blessed Hendel
1978 The Cat
1983 The Epic of Cheïkh Bouamama
1985 Buamama Cheikh Bouamama
1988 The Village Doctor
1989 The Choice
1989 La Rose des sables
1989 Le Clandestin Mahfoud
1991 From Hollywood to Tamanrasset
1992 Le Pain
1992 Family Like the Others of Ameur Tribèche
1992 Two Women
1994 Carnival fi Dachra Makhlouf Bombardier
2002 El Arch
2003 Er-roubla
2004 Chronicle of The Pub Years

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Les "moucherons" derrière la rumeur sur le "décès" d'Athmane Ariouet ?". algeriepatriotique. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Athmane Ariouet, le "banni" décoré". liberte-algerie. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "President of Republic awards medals of "Achir" rank national merit to Athmane Ariouet, Kaddour Darsouni". Algeria Press Service. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "athmane ariouet décoré de le médaille de l'ordre de mérite national au rang de". algerie360. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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