Browsing by Author "Souchane Malha"

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    Colonial legacy and Resistance in Mahmoud Zemmouri's L’Honneur de la Tribu (1993), and Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children (2012)
    (Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzoui, 2025) Oudjoudi Ouadda Hocine; Souchane Malha
    This research examines the impact of colonialism and the disillusionment that followed independence in India and Algeria through the study of two cinematic adaptations: Midnight’s Children directed by Deepa Mehta and L’Honneur de la Tribu directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri. The study is structured as a comparative analysis across three chapters. The first chapter provides a historical and political overview of both countries, tracing their trajectories from colonial rule to independence and its aftermath. The second chapter is divided into two parts: Part 1 focuses on the colonial encounter marked by identity shifts and cultural othering, and Part 2 addresses post-independence disillusionment, which reveals the gap between liberation and lived reality. The third chapter examines how the films portray resistance, from personal and collective defiance to symbolic and aesthetic strategies, showing how cinema challenges dominant narratives and reclaims agency. By combining historical context, postcolonial theory, and film analysis, this research demonstrates how cinema reflects, critiques, and resists the enduring legacies of empire.