جميلة

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hedi and uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation, witnesses the injustice, tyranny, and cruelty inflicted on her fellow citizens by French soldiers. Djamila’s patriotic spirit is reinforced when French troops invade her university to arrest her classmate, Amina, who commits suicide by taking poison. Shortly after being sought refuge by the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle connects her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events unfolds around Djamila’s participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she is ultimately captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Djamila is sentenced to death…

Beautiful 1958