Baya's Mountain

movie

Set in the 1800s among the Berbers of North Africa, this 1997 Algerian feature concerns a noble widow who receives a customary purse of gold coins from the enemy tribe that murdered her husband; the gift puts her in conflict with her kinsmen, who want the money to buy back land taken by the enemy in cahoots with French colonials.

Cast & crew

Ali Ighil Ali · Meziane Chabi · Fadil Hamla · Jean-Pierre Lledo · Kamal Abderrahmane · Youcef Meziani · Nora Ait Abdelmalek · Azzeddine Meddour · Djamila Amzal · Abderrhamane Debiane · Ouardia Kessi

Studios & networks

Caro-Line Production · Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA) · Imago Films International