Acting
Feb 14, 1945
El Asnam, Algeria
Miloud Khetib
Acting
Biography
Miloud Khetib, born on February 15, 1945, in El Asnam, Algeria, is an Algerian actor and screenwriter. Miloud Khetib has enjoyed a rich and unique career, marked by a presence and energy that have captivated many audiences and directors. His first decisive encounter with theater occurred during a trip to the Avignon Festival, thanks to an initiative by a French company based in his hometown. This experience coincided with Algerian Independence Day, July 5, 1962, marking the beginning of his involvement in the performing arts. Upon returning to Algeria, he continued his training at the National School of Dramatic Arts. He participated in popular theater troupes, where he affirmed his passion for the stage. His theatrical career has been distinguished by collaborations with renowned directors such as Patrice Chéreau, Claude Régy, and Luc Bondy. He joined the prestigious Comédie-Française and became a member during the 1984-1985 season. His filmography and roles have also left a lasting impression, notably in Jean Genet's The Screens and in works such as The Survivor (1986), The Winter's Tale (1989), and Morituri (2007). In cinema, he also appeared in The Cow (2015), Born Somewhere, and The Monster in the Maze, for which he remains appreciated by audiences and critics alike for the nuanced and humane portrayals he brings to his characters. Miloud Khetib lived in Marseille with his wife, the director Marie Vayssière, until his death at the age of 80 on November 20, 2025. His career, spanning more than three decades, leaves a lasting mark on Franco-Algerian theatre and cinema, symbolizing the bridge between cultures and artistic commitment.
Feature Films (11)
In 1955, a year after the birth of the National Liberation Front (FLN), Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities who feared his revolutionary speeches. At the age of 27, he arrived in the Algerian slum of Nanterre. Roughly questioned by FLN activists, in disagreement with the Algerian Nationalist Movement (MNA) who wanted to recognize theirs, he was then accepted as the local hairdresser and shoemaker. Subsequently, he became a driver during anti-MNA expeditions. Accepting increasingly dangerous missions, he is imprisoned by the French police and once again undergoes interrogations and special treatment by the police which will definitively undermine his sanity. One day, he no longer recognized his companions, and when joy broke out among the FLN militants, at the announcement of the signing of the Evian Accords, Mahmoud remained alone, frozen in an attitude of refusal, walled in his madness. Algeria has just won its independence.
Les Sacrifiés
Mehdi is an algérien writer that fundamentalist violence has transformed into a potential target. How to live with fear when everything is fear. But also life. Facing Mehdi is Ania, an algerian-born Frenchwoman, the woman next door. She often appears at her window on the court. A disturbing vis-à-vis. Ania will unceasingly try to convert this man to the culture of life, to burning passion. By bringing him tea regularly, risking to often find the door closed...
Ania's Tea
In a working-class immigrant neighborhood slated for demolition, Jo, the son of Ali, known as the Rescuer from the Algerian war, lives idle and delinquent, committing small assaults to pay for his drugs. One day, while attacking Slim's bar, he is arrested by Ben, a young beur cop torn between his roots and the imperatives of his mission to maintain public order. Giving in to the respect and friendship he feels for Ali, Ben agrees to release his son. But alas, far from calming down, Jo drifts deeper into violence, until the inevitable drama.
