Athmane Ariouet (Arabic: عثمان عريوات) is an actor in Algerian cinema, theatre, and television. He is known as a character actor, and has won many awards.
Early life Ariouet was born in Amdoukal in Barika, in the wilaya of Batna.
As a schoolboy, he wished to become a great actor. He unanimously won the first prize for diction in French. Later, his acting credibility was encouraged by the French teacher Henri Vangret. He then studied Arabic theatre along with prominent actors Mustapha Kasdarli, Taha Laâmiri, and Allal Mouhib.
He first attended the Algiers Conservatory from 1969 to 1972.
Career Considered as one of the best and most distinguished character actors in Algerian cinema, Ariouet has been awarded multiple times in a career spanned for more than five decades.
His debut acting role was in the 1963 film Le Résultat. In 1981, he acted in the television film The Executioner Cries directed by Abder Isker.
His 1994 cult film Carnaval Fi Dechra, considered as the most relentless caricature of a political system adrift. The film, directed by Mohamed Oukassi, is acomedy film which depicts Algerian society with derision. He was banned from acting after the film. In 2002, he returned to cinema acting with the film El Arch under the presidential permission. In December 2003, he released his debut (as director? producer?) film Er-roubla, co-produced with ENTV.
In 2004, he retired from acting after the film Chronique des années pub, in which he encountered financial difficulties as well as theatrical release ban. However, in 2017 at the forum of the daily El Moudjahid, former Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi said that "the film was in the editing phase", and it was finally released in 2018.
Awards and recognition In July 2020, Ariouet awarded with national merit medals of "Achir" rank, by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Filmography
Year Film Roles Ref. 1963 Le Résultat 1967 Molière's miser 1969 The Sorcerer 1969 By You and For You 1971 Archam 1972 Sketch the Living Dead 1973 Chaàbia 1973 Negligence 1976 The Uprooted 1976 The Rifles of Mother Karar 1976 Blessed Hendel 1978 The Cat 1983 The Epic of Cheïkh Bouamama 1985BuamamaCheikh Bouamama 1988 The Village Doctor 1989 The Choice 1989 La Rose des sables 1989 Le Clandestin Mahfoud 1991 From Hollywood to Tamanrasset 1992 Le Pain 1992 Family Like the Others of Ameur Tribèche 1992 Two Women 1994 Carnival fi Dachra Makhlouf Bombardier 2002 El Arch 2003 Er-roubla 2004 Chronicle of The Pub Years
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Athmane Ariouet décoré par Abdelmadjid Tebboune