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Song of Autumn (1983)
Directed by Mohamed Meziane Yala
Drama, War, History · 1h 40m
Chants d’Automne (Song of Autumn), is a story of daily life on a colonial farm, at the start of the war of liberation in Algeria, describing individual and group behavior in this context. An unthinkable, even dangerous, romantic relationship, born in this context between Catherine, daughter of a settler, and Abdelmalek, son of a blacksmith. Managing his vast property in a feudal manner, Monsieur Marcel whose only ambition is his personal enrichment to the detriment of the community. Everyone fears his authority except his daughter Catherine, a student in France, who returns home during the holidays. She does not stop herself from expressing to him her ideas of justice which go against family and colonial practices. Catherine and Abdelmalek's romance makes relationships increasingly strained, but the call for freedom will be stronger than a woman's love.
Cast
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Laurence Jeanneret
Madjid Farès
André Thorent
Crew
- Director
- Mohamed Meziane Yala
- Writer
- Mohamed Meziane Yala
- Editor
- Rachid Benallal
Details
- Original title
- Chants d’Automne
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Algeria
- Production
- Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)