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The Winds of the Aures (1967)
Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Drama, War · 1h 38m
The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repression is in full swing, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her mountain home when her only son is kidnapped by French soldiers shortly after her husband's death during a raid. One day, seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home and embarks on a painful journey through the mountains. Accompanied by a couple of chickens, she moves from one detention camp to another in a desperate search for her missing son. The film is inspired by the events experienced by the director's family.
Cast
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Mohamed Chouikh
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Hassan El-Hassani
Mustapha Kateb
Djohra Bachene
Crew
- Director
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Writer
- Tewfik Farès, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Editor
- Liazid Khodja, Hamid Djellouli, Anita Fernández, Sylvie Blanc
Details
- Original title
- ريح الاوراس
- Release date
- 1967-06-08
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Algeria
- Production
- O.N.C.I.C.