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Wind from the South
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Wind from the South

Jan 2, 1975
1h 39m
★ 10.0

Overview

Néfissa, a student in Algiers, returns to her village in the south in the summer. Her father wants her to marry the mayor but she wants to continue her studies. Confronting her father and the opinion of the villagers who do not understand her, she decides to flee to Algiers. The shepherd Rabah discovering her wounded and lost in the mountains, has her treated by her mother. In contact with Nefissa, Rabat becomes aware of his exploited condition and discovers the possibilities offered to him by the cooperatives of the agrarian revolution. The two young people will go through the decisive stage together which will allow them to escape obscurantism and exploitation. Based on the novel "Le vent du sud" by Abdelhamid Benahouga

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Cast

Boualem Benani

Boualem Benani

Nawal Zaatar

Nawal Zaatar

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Abdelhalim Rais

Abdelhalim Rais

Doudja Achachi

Doudja Achachi

Larbi Zekkal

Larbi Zekkal

Areski Nebti

Areski Nebti

Kaci Ksentini

Kaci Ksentini

Hadj Cherif

Hadj Cherif

Ahmed Hammoudi

Ahmed Hammoudi

Fatima Bouriahi

Fatima Bouriahi

Omar Zebdi

Omar Zebdi

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