About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1947-05-16
Place of birth:
Cairo, Egypt
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Tahani Rached

Overview

From her first feature film, Les voleurs de job (1980), Tahani Rached left her strong mark on our cinema. Noticed by Denys Arcand, he invited her to participate in the collective adventure of Comfort and Indifference (1981). She then moved to the NFB, where she directed several of the institution’s flagship films, dealing in turn with the Haitian condition, Palestinian survival, the Quebec hospital system, AIDS doctors, the fate of Egyptian women and an Outremont choir. Her most famous film to date remains Au chic resto Pop, which she dedicated in 1990 to a soup kitchen in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. She filmed only testimonies in song, in collaboration with the composer-performer Steve Faulkner (known as Cassonade), thus accentuating a singular trait found in the majority of her films. This place left to the song as an expressive revelation of a critical aspect of the real situation that we want to capture. In 2006, the director returned to her native country where she made three films, Ces filles-là, a documentary selected by the Cannes Film Festival, Voisins and De longue haleine, which is dedicated to the Egyptian revolution as experienced by a local family.

Known for

Directing
2009 Neighbors Directing Director N/A
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2006 These Girls Directing Director 59
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2004 Soraida, a Woman of Palestine Directing Director N/A
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2001 For a Song Directing Director N/A
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1999 Emergency! A Critical Situation Directing Director N/A
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1997 Four Women of Egypt Directing Director N/A
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1993 Doctors with Heart Directing Director N/A
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1990 Au chic Resto Pop Directing Director N/A
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1987 Haïti, Nous là! Nou La! Directing Director N/A
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1986 Bam Pay A! – Rends-moi mon pays! Directing Director N/A
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1985 Haïti (Québec) Directing Director N/A
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1983 Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round Directing Director N/A
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1982 La phonie furieuse Directing Director N/A
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1980 Les voleurs de job Directing Director N/A
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Médecins de coeur (Doctors with Hearts) Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2009 Neighbors Writing Screenplay N/A
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2006 These Girls Writing Writer 59
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1997 Four Women of Egypt Writing Writer N/A
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1990 Au chic Resto Pop Writing Screenplay N/A
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1982 La phonie furieuse Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2004 Soraida, a Woman of Palestine Production Researcher N/A
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Crew
2004 Soraida, a Woman of Palestine Crew Script N/A
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