The Winds of the Aures
Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes 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.
Year: 1967
Studio: O.N.C.I.C.
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Cast: Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri), Mohamed Chouikh, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Hassan El-Hassani, Mustapha Kateb, Djohra Bachene
Crew: Mohamed Bouamari (First Assistant Director), Hamid Djellouli (Editor), Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane (Sound), Anita Fernández (Editor), Sylvie Blanc (Editor), Selim Farès (Second Assistant Camera)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Release: Jun 08, 1967
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 7 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Algeria
Language: العربية, Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : africa, independence, algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), guerilla, maghreb, djazair
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