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Rose Of The Desert (1989)
Directed by Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Drama · 1h 30m
An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the city is a bus that passes once a day. Moussa, disabled from birth, lives there with his sister Zineb; They try, together, to reconstitute a family unit that the war has destroyed. The family is the dream of the idyllic times of childhood, of times when parents took all the responsibilities. Moussa is perfectly independent, although he has no arms, he nevertheless loves being cared for by his sister. Zineb, for her part, does not dare to face the new world that a marriage would constitute. Life passes punctuated by the same gestures. Zineb takes the bus to go to work at the date packaging factory. Moussa goes to see the schoolmaster, draws or dreams of Mériem, the woman he loves. A rose secretly grows in the sand, which Moussa waters every day.
Cast
Dalila Helilou
Athmane Ariouet
Sirat Boumediène
Nawal Zaatar
Doudja Abdoun
Crew
- Director
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
- Writer
- Mohamed Rachid Benhadj, Maria-Cristina Paterlini
- Director of Photography
- Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina, Mustapha Belmihoub
- Editor
- Franca Marangelo, Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Details
- Original title
- زهرة الرمال (Louss, Warda Al-Rimal)
- Release date
- 1989-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Algeria
- Production
- Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)