Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)

Real name Mohamed Djediat Sissani born September 26 1920 in Algiers is an Algerian actor and production director In 1933 he attended the Chabiba school A few years later while he was in Nadi Taraqi Bachetarzi asked a few students to give new blood to his troop Sissani will be part of this promotion which will join Mansali Benchoubène Keltoum Habib Réda and others His first steps on stage led him indifferently to the musical or theatrical part of the Mahieddine troupes shows He played music in the Réda Bey troupe played in radio plays and played roles in television films since 1952 El Yakachine by Ali Abdoun He also had fun launching a publishing house El Kawakib whose hundredth disc would include the song Meghdour Mimouna performed by the duo Soudani and Hachemi Respectively Sissani and Guerouabi At the Algiers Opera he was the oneman band actor on occasion acting director Considering himself a tragic and comic actor he was present in almost all the TNA productions which he joined in 1966 From Bab El Foutouh to Cahnt De La Forêt via Sekket Salama and Le Cercle de Craie Caucasien on the stage his presence is imposing In the cinema he notably played in Chronique des Années de Braise by Mohammed LakhdarHamina 1974 Echebka by Ghaouti Bendedouche 1976 and Les Déracinés by Mohamed Lamine Merbah 1976 His last cinematographic role will be in The Clandestine by Benamar Bakhti 1989 during which the illness began to eat away at him Sissani an accomplished artist continued to practice his profession as an actor braving illness until his last breath on June 29 2003 at the age of 83 His son will say that Sissani died as he lived courageously with humor and a smile on his face he is buried in the El Alia cemetery in Algiers