Film

The Winds of the Aures

1967 · 1h 38m · Drama · War

IMDb

6.3

The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repression is in full swing, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her mountain home when her only son is kidnapped by French soldiers shortly after her husband's death during a raid. One day, seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home and embarks on a painful journey through the mountains. Accompanied by a couple of chickens, she moves from one detention camp to another in a desperate search for her missing son. The film is inspired by the events experienced by the director's family.

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Mother

Mohamed Chouikh

Lakhdar

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

Si Ahmed

Hassan El-Hassani

Mustapha Kateb

Djohra Bachene

Thania Timgad

Omar Tayre

• Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaDirector · Writer
• Tewfik FarèsWriter
• Hamid DjellouliEditor
• Anita FernándezEditor
• Sylvie BlancEditor
• Liazid KhodjaEditor

Release date

June 8, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, War

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