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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.
Director
Azzeddine Meddour
Production
Imago Films International
Cast
Djamila Amzal
Baya
A
Abderrhamane Debiane
Djendel
A
Ali Ighil Ali
Le vieux Belaïd
O
Ouardia Kessi
La vieille Aldja
K
Kamal Abderrahmane
Saïd
Youcef Meziani
Le Bachagha
N
Nora Ait Abdelmalek
Taos
M
Meziane Chabi
Le petit Meziane
F
Fadil Hamla
Le grand Meziane
