Baya's Mountain
Baya's Mountain

Baya's Mountain

1997·1h 56m
10.0/ 10 (1 votes)
Drama

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.

Director

Azzeddine Meddour

Writers

Jean-Pierre Lledo, Azzeddine Meddour

Cast

Djamila Amzal

Djamila Amzal

Baya

?

Abderrhamane Debiane

Djendel

?

Ali Ighil Ali

Le vieux Belaïd

?

Ouardia Kessi

La vieille Aldja

?

Kamal Abderrahmane

Saïd

Youcef Meziani

Youcef Meziani

Le Bachagha

?

Nora Ait Abdelmalek

Taos

?

Meziane Chabi

Le petit Meziane

?

Fadil Hamla

Le grand Meziane

Details

Language

ar

Status

Released