Hadj Smain performed small skits inspired by the movies they watched. They went to film club Constantine (e.g. People's University, Centre Abdelhamid Ben Badis now).
Over time, Hadj Smain joined the theatre group "The Thousand and One Nights" with friend including the late Hassan Belhadj (Algeria's first film director, actor, patriot and former collaborator of M'Hamed Yazid ) and Abdelkrim Menai. After several years of theatrical practice, Hadj Smain left the troupe to create a theatre without a "sketch".
Filmography
1965 : The Battle of Algiers, (La Bataglia di Algeri) de Gillo Pontecorvo
1966 : The Winds of the Aures de Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
1968 : Patrol to the east de Amar Laskri
1970 : Children of November de Moussa Haddad
1971 : After the oil
1974 : Chronicle of the Years of Fire de Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
The Adventures of a hero, Moughamarat Batal de Merzak Allouache
Beni Hendel, Les Déracinés de Lamine Merbah
The last image de Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
1977 : El Harik de Mustapha Badia
1978 : El Intihar de Mustapha Badia
1986 : The man who watched the windows de Merzak Allouache
1982 : Mariage de dupes de Hadj Rahim
1987 : Cri de pierre de Bouguermouh
2010 : Axis of Evil ou l'Axe du Mal de Anouar Hadj Smaine en tant que Producteur Executif
