| Rachida | |
| Director: | Yamina Bachir |
| Producer: | Thierry Lenouvel Margarita Seguy |
| Starring: | Ibtissem Djouadi |
| Cinematography: | Mustafa Ben Mihoub |
| Editing: | Cécile Andreotti Yamina Bachir |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Language: | French Arabic |
Rachida is a 2002 Algerian drama film directed by Yamina Bachir. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was also the first 35mm full-length feature directed by an Algerian woman that was released widespread.[2]
Rachida lives and teaches in a popular neighborhood in Algiers. Like most of her countrymen, she thinks the conflict which is bleeding out her country does not affect her, until the day she is confronted by a group of terrorists that includes a former student of hers, Sofiane. The group asks her to plant a bomb in her school. When she refuses, the terrorists shoot her in cold blood. She saves her life miraculously and takes refuge in a nearby village.