The Winds of the Aures
1967-06-08 | 98 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Kapana
-
Danger Zone
-
Yasmina
-
Hector and the Search for Happiness
-
Karmen Gei
-
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
-
The Marshal
-
Cléo from 5 to 7
-
The Last King of Scotland
-
Bloody Beans
-
The Price of Freedom
-
Pas De Blanc À La Une
-
The Sun Never Sets
-
The Declaration of Independence
-
Indochine
-
Mr. Kingstreet's War
-
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
-
Rocky
-
Blood Diamond
-
The Long Run