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{{Infobox film
| name           = Barakat!
| image          = Barakat! (2006 film).jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Djamila Sahraoui]]
| producer       = [[Richard Copans]]
| writer         = Djamila Sahraoui<br />[[Cécile Vargaftig]]
| narrator       =
| starring       = [[Rachida Brakni]]
| music          = [[Allá|Alla]]
| cinematography = [[Katell Djian]]
| editing        = [[Catherine Gouze]]
| distributor    = [[Pierre Grise Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|2006|02|16|df=y}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = [[Algeria]]<br />[[France]]
| language       = [[French language|French]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Barakat!''''' ("Blessings!") is a 2006 [[France|French]]/[[Algeria]]n [[drama film]] directed by [[Djamila Sahraoui]]. It [[premiere]]d at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] on 16 February 2006.
==Plot==
During the [[Algerian Civil War]], Amel (Rachida Brakni) is a doctor who, on returning home from work one day, discovers that her journalist husband has gone missing. Receiving no help from the authorities, she decides to look for him herself. She is helped by another woman, Khadidja.<ref>{{Citation | last = Southern | first = Natalie | title = Plot Synopsis | publisher = [[AllMovie]] | url = https://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:346143 | accessdate =24 January 2008 }}</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Rachida Brakni]] as Amel
*[[Fattouma Ousliha Bouamari]] as Khadidja
*[[Zahir Bouzerar]] as Le vieil homme
*[[Malika Belbey]] as Nadia
*[[Amine Kedam]] as Bilal
*[[Ahmed Berrhama]] as Karim
*[[Abdelbacet Benkhalifa]] as L'homme du barrage
*[[Abdelkrim Beriber]] as Le policier
*[[Ahmed Benaissa]] as Homme accueil hôpital
*[[Mohamed Bouamari]] as Hadj Slimane
==Awards==
At the 2007 [[Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou]], ''Barakat!'' won the Oumarou Ganda Award for the Best First Work, the award for Best Music and the award for Best Screenplay.<ref>{{Citation  | title = Child soldier's struggle takes top prize at Africa's Fespaco film fest | newspaper = [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] | date = 5 March 2007 | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/child-soldier-s-struggle-takes-top-prize-at-africa-s-fespaco-film-fest-1.683640 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121026023735/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2007/03/05/fespaco-africa-prize.html | url-status = live | archive-date = 26 October 2012 | access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> It also won the prize for Best Arab Film at the third [[Dubai International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Jaafar | first = Ali | title = Dubai festival lauds Algerian 'Barakat! | newspaper = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 18 December 2006 | url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117956011.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate=24 January 2008}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0799932}}
* {{AllMovie title|346143|Barakat!}}
{{FESPACO Best Original Score Prize|state=expanded}}
{{FESPACO Best Screenplay Prize|state=expanded}}
{{FESPACO Oumarou Ganda Prize|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Algerian multilingual films]]
[[Category:French multilingual films]]
[[Category:2000s French films]]
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