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Mehdi Charef

Mehdi Charef

French film director (born 1952)

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  • Jun 11

    Franco-Algerian filmmaker and writer Mehdi Charef dies aged 73

    The author and director, whose Le Thé au harem d’Archimède became a cult classic of French cinema, passed away in his sleep at home in the Paris region.

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