Baya's Mountain

Dec 3, 1997

1h 56m

★ 10.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Imago Films International

Caro-Line Production

Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA)

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Cast

Baya

Djamila Amzal

Djendel

Abderrhamane Debiane

Le vieux Belaïd

Ali Ighil Ali

La vieille Aldja

Ouardia Kessi

Saïd

Kamal Abderrahmane

Le Bachagha

Youcef Meziani

Taos

Nora Ait Abdelmalek

Le petit Meziane

Meziane Chabi

Le grand Meziane

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