Lotfi Dziri

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The actor Lotfi Dziri at a wedding ceremony

Lotfi Dziri (born January 6, 1946 in Carthage (Salammbô), † May 5, 2013 in Tunisia ) was a Tunisian actor , author and theater director . He was one of the most famous actors of his generation in Tunisia.

Life

Born in Carthage, he spent his childhood and youth with his group of friends between Salammbô and Le Kram in the northern suburbs of Tunis . From an early age Dziri was interested in literature , film and theater . First Dziri trained as a sports teacher at the University Institute for Sport and Physical Education Ksar-Saïd in Manouba , which is subordinate to the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Physical Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The university is a public institution that serves national sport.

In the early 1970s Dziri left his homeland Tunisia and went to Strasbourg , where he soon became interested in psychology . His arrival in the theater was due to the fact that he chose to treat his patients by assigning them theater roles. With his first play Ali parle , he devoted himself to acting from 1978 onwards. The play dealt with the prophets of the book religions . After returning home, he began working as a publishing editor for the Tunisian daily La Presse in 1985 , under the direction of Mohamed Mahfoud. However, the passion for the theater gained the upper hand. He got his first role as an extra in the play The Trojan War Doesn't Take Place after Jean Giraudoux , which was performed in the Antoninus Pius Baths in Carthage. Dziri directed and played a play - Ma taallakch (Sans commentaires) - which was successful as a one-man show for several years in a row , including in 1995 as part of the Hammamet Festival . Through these successes in the theater, where he played roles as a monologue , the Tunisian television became aware of the actor and hired him for several television series, which were particularly broadcast in the month of Ramadan . At the same time he made his first acquaintance with the world of cinema and later starred in a number of leading roles.

On May 5, 2013, the Tunisian public and cultural scene received the news that the actor had died of complications from a serious illness after undergoing a surgical operation a few months earlier, like the Tunisian actor Fethi Haddaoui , director from 2011 to 2014 of Hammamet International Cultural Center and friend of the deceased, confirmed. A homage to the actor and playwright took place on July 21, 2013 in the Palais El Abdellia in La Marsa as part of the Ramadan evening “Layeli El Abdellia” under the auspices of the Tunisian Ministry of Culture, outdoors and free of charge for the Tunisian public. On this occasion, the Tunisian director Ibrahim Letaïf presented a montage / documentary about Dziri's film and theater career, including pictures from the films Visa and Making of as well as sequences from the first show by the artist Ma taallakch (Sans commentaires) . A photo exhibition traced Dziri's career, including his leading roles in cinema and theater. One of his close friends presented Dziri's literary side by introducing his book Sékôm Sâ (fr: c'est comme ça) to the audience .

Career

actor

Dziri received his first role on the big screen in 1997 in Kalthoum Bornaz Keswa, Le fil perdu , which kicked off his film career. One of his most famous television roles was that of Doctor Abdallah Souilah in the television series Gamret Sidi Mahrous , broadcast in Tunisia during the fasting month of Ramadan 2002, in which Dziri was seen in a leading role, alongside Fethi Haddaoui and Hichem Rostom , in a supporting role. Dziri has appeared in front of the camera with Rostom several times during his career, including the adventure film Through Desert and Wilderness by Gavin Hood and the monumental film Black Gold , in which Dziri played as the sheikh of Bani Sirri. Through television and his roles in Tunisian television series, the actor became known to the general public, which allowed him to fully establish his notoriety in the Tunisian cultural scene. In the television documentary Colosseum: Arena des Todes (Original title: Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death) from 2003, a BBC production by Tilman Remme , Dziri was seen as a gladiator trainer. The documentation traces the life path of a simple man who developed from a slave to one of the most famous gladiators in the Colosseum .

The short film Visa , in which Dziri was in front of the camera for director Letaïf, won an award at the Carthage Film Festival 2004. The Tunisian sitcom Choufli Hal was broadcast in Tunisia during the months of Ramadan for several years. Dziri was a member of the series - in the role of Professor Ben Amor - from 2005 to 2006, which further contributed to his popularity. For Making of Nouri Bouzid, an award-winning film, Drizi starred opposite Lotfi Abdelli in one of the lead roles. This role, in a drama about a Tunisian breakdancer (Abdelli) who gets into the clutches of fundamentalists , is one of Dziri's most important roles. In the film Le Fil by Mehdi Ben Attia , at the side of the actress Claudia Cardinale , Dziri played the role of Abdelaziz, the father of Malik (Antonin Stahly). In quick succession, around 2009, Dziri worked twice with Jean-Marc Barr . For La Cité - the story of a doctor (Barr) who wanted to flee the war in Africa at the end of the 19th century, but instead got caught up in another conflict - a film by Kim Nguyen , in the role of Georges and for Le Dernier Mirage as an evil and insidious doctor Dr. Rachid. The latter film did not appear in theaters until after Dziri's death. For both films, Dziri went to southern Tunisia to film. For the television film L'infiltré by the Italian director Giacomo Battiato , in the center of which the Abu Nidal organization around its leader Abu Nidal , including the assassination attempt on Rue des Rosiers in Paris on August 9, 1982 (6 dead and 22 injured) , stands, Dziri slipped into the role of Abu Nizar.

For the film Fausse Note , Majdi Smiri - a then 28-year-old director and originally a dancer, who came to the cinema almost overnight, when director Nouri Bouzid hired him for his film Making of , and who then decided to study film and work at the Film school later had Bouzid as a teacher and was allowed to learn from Dziri and Letaïf - convince Dziri to work with "a little boy" and to take on one of the leading roles. The film premiered at the 1st Tunisian Film Festival in Hollywood . At the Carthage Film Festival 2014 the film El Ziara, la lune noire premiered after Dziri's death, Dziri was in front of the camera in one of his last roles.

author

1997 appeared on Mai Éditions in Sidi Bou Saïd Dziris book Sékôm Sâ with stories and short texts. With his radio poem Conte pour l'autre he represented France at the Prix ​​Italia in 1982.

Filmography

theatre

  • Ali parle - production by Lotfi Dziri
  • Ma taallakch (Sans commentaires)
  • La Diseuse - directed by Ahmed Ferhati and Lotfi Dziri
  • La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu

movie theater

  • 1997: Keswa, Le fil perdu
  • 1998: Avril (short film)
  • 2001: Through desert and wilderness
  • 2003: Le soleil assasiné
  • 2003: La Villa
  • 2004: deadlines
  • 2005: Visa (short film)
  • 2005: Making of
  • 2006: Bin El Widyene
  • 2009: Le fil
  • 2010: La Cité
  • 2011: Black Gold (Or noir)
  • 2012: Fausse Note
  • 2012: Le Professeur
  • 2013: Denya Ahla (Un vie plus belle) - (short film)
  • 2014: Le Dernier Mirage
  • 2014: El Ziara, la lune noire

watch TV

  • 2001: Dhafayer (TV series)
  • 2002: Gamret Sidi Mahrous (TV series)
  • 2003: Douroub Elmouejha (TV series)
  • 2003: Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death (Documentation)
  • 2004: Loutil - L'Hôtel (30-part sitcom )
  • 2005: Café Jalloul (TV series)
  • 2005: Le voyage de Louisa (TV movie)
  • 2005: Choufli Hal (TV series)
  • 2006: Nwassi w Ateb (TV series)
  • 2007: Le sacre de l'homme (Documentation)
  • 2010: Dar Lekhlaa (TV series)
  • 2011: L'infiltré (TV movie)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ISSEP - L'Institut Superieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Ksar-Said - ISSEP retrieved August 22, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c Author: Dora Ennafaa Homage à Lotfi Dziri, un dernier au revoir à l'artiste Tunisien (fr). - In: HuffPost Maghreb July 19, 2013, accessed August 22, 2019
  3. ↑ Author: Ali Ourtani Quarante ans de festivals à Hammamet (fr). - In: La Presse September 14, 2004, (further published by Nabeul.net September 16, 2004), accessed August 22, 2019
  4. ^ Author: Di avec TAP Le célèbre acteur et comédien tunisien Lotfi Dziri n'est plus (fr). - In: Directinfo , May 5, 2013, accessed August 22, 2019
  5. ↑ Author: Rihab Hafidhi Les personnages cultes de nos series ramadanesques (fr). In: Wepost , May 11, 2016, accessed August 22, 2019
  6. ^ Film: Or noir - Black Gold (fr). - Africiné , accessed August 22, 2019
  7. Jump up ↑ Colosseum - Arena of Death. - ORF , accessed August 23, 2019
  8. ↑ Making of - Kamikaze. - Filmgalerie 451 , accessed August 22
  9. ↑ Author: Odile Tremblay Kim Nguyen - Au Sahara quand la cité vacille (fr). - In: Le Devoir , April 3, 2010 and further La Cité: Un Film de Kim Nguyen (fr). - Monastirfilms , accessed August 24, 2019
  10. ^ Author: Daniel Psenny L'infiltré, du réalisateur italien Giacomo Battiato (fr). - In: Le Monde , March 12, 2011, accessed August 24, 2019
  11. ↑ Author: Raouia Kheder Interview: De Maguy à Majdi Smiri (fr). - In: Femmes de Tunisie , June 24, 2016, accessed August 24, 2019
  12. ^ The film "Fausse note" from the 1st festival de Film Tunisien à Hollywood (fr). - Babnet , December 20, 2011, accessed August 24, 2019
  13. ↑ Panorama of Tunisian cinema - El Ziara, la lune noire (en). - JCC-Carthage Film Festival , accessed August 24, 2019
  14. ↑ Lotfi Dziri - Sékôm sâ, Mai Editions, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunisie 1997 ISBN 978-9973-818-00-3 and also Hathi Trust. (Digital Library) and also Lotfi Dziri - Sékôm sâ (fr). - Limag - Littératures du Maghreb , accessed August 22, 2019
  15. ↑ Lotfi Dziri - Conte pour l'autre (fr). - Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on 22 August 2019
  16. ↑ a b Lotfi Dziri - Catalog Bibliothèque nationale de France. - Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on 22 August 2019
  17. ↑ Keswa, le fil perdu (fr). - Maghreb des films , accessed August 22, 2019
  18. ↑ Avril (fr). - Africiné , accessed August 24, 2019
  19. ↑ The Villa. - Variety , August 8, 2004, accessed August 24, 2019
  20. ^ Film: Le Professeur (fr). - Africiné , accessed August 22, 2019
  21. ↑ Denya Ahla - Un vie plus belle - A better life. - Atlas Vision , accessed August 22, 2019
  22. ↑ Author: Guillaume Fraissard Le Voyage de Louisa (f). - In: Le Monde , December 3, 2005, accessed August 24, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Dziri, Lotfi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian actor, author and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Carthage
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 2013
Place of death Tunisia