The Winds of the Aures
1967 · 98 min · Drama, War
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.
- Director
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Writers
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Tewfik Farès
- Released
- June 8, 1967
- Language
- Arabic
Cast
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