Film
Baya's Mountain
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.
Overview
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
- Djamila AmzalBaya
- Abderrhamane DebianeDjendel
- Ali Ighil AliLe vieux Belaïd
- Ouardia KessiLa vieille Aldja
- Kamal AbderrahmaneSaïd
- Youcef MezianiLe Bachagha
- Nora Ait AbdelmalekTaos
- Meziane ChabiLe petit Meziane
