The Winds of the Aures
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Mohamed Chouikh · Mustapha Kateb · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina · Djohra Bachene · Tewfik Farès · Hassan El-Hassani · Omar Tayre · Thania Timgad · Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir · Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)