Sons of the Earth

Jan 1, 1991

1h 41m

★ 10.0

Overview

A drama set a little before the 1920s, in which scattered news, stories and rumors spread the presence of a new wealth, oil, leading to the suspicion that a great change was about to take place.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films Auramax

Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)

Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV)

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Cast

Rouiched

Myriam Mézières

Guem

Zakia Tahiri

Mohamed Fellag

Safy Boutella

Rachid Fares

Khaled Barkat

Himoud Brahimi

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7.2

Happening

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7.3

Sami Blood

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9.0

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Our Father

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5.0

Joan of Arc

Apr 26, 1935

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4.0

Mrs Mandela

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How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

6.2

1992

Jan 24, 2016

It's 1992. Martin is 17 and he films his daily life with his Hi8 camera. He films anything and everything—his room, the world around him... But never his father, the thought doesn't occur to him. One day he meets Dominique. He's 23 and works as a student monitor at Martin's high school.

6.1

I Got Life!

Apr 26, 2017

Aurore has separated, just lost her job, and learns that she is going to be a grandmother.

7.3

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Aug 6, 2014

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

2.0

Impact

Nov 6, 1988

New York City is in a panic caused by an insane murderer; Maria, a police officer is entrusted with the case; to do this, she pretends to be a prostitute. One night, she meets a possible suspect who holds her and her partner hostage.

0.0

Bad Honey

Jun 30, 2022

At the beginning of the 20th century, a German household attempts to stay isolated from their new surroundings, in the south of Brazil. Their fear, however, sets the way for conflict.

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The Beacon

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Joshua Nyaga travels to the countryside from London to spend a summer’s weekend with his girlfriend Cass’ family for the first time. Transplanted as a young boy from the violence of the Ugandan civil war to the concrete jungle of London, Joshua has never experienced the privilege that Cass’ family enjoys. Surrounded by the sea and lush natural landscape, the farm is an oasis, brimming with idealistic notions and lively debate amongst Cass’ father, stepmother and their longtime friend of the family, Michael. But Joshua’s warm welcome is short lived, when a sudden act of violent racism at a local summer concert shatters the peace forcing Joshua and those around him to confront the uncomfortable truth of their differences.

10.0

In The Shadows 75

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4.7

Three

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0.0

Six Rounds

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10.0

Yasmina

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6.2

Prisoner of Honor

Nov 2, 1991

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894.

6.0

Hope and a Little Sugar

Oct 6, 2006

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Wakan

Mar 5, 2004

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