Baya's Mountain
1997•1h 56m•10.0•Released
Drama
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
Writer
Jean-Pierre Lledo, Azzeddine Meddour
Studio
Imago Films International
Cast
Djamila Amzal
Baya
Abderrhamane Debiane
Djendel
Ali Ighil Ali
Le vieux Belaïd
Ouardia Kessi
La vieille Aldja
Kamal Abderrahmane
Saïd
Youcef Meziani
Le Bachagha
Nora Ait Abdelmalek
Taos
Meziane Chabi
Le petit Meziane
Fadil Hamla
Le grand Meziane
Production
Company
Imago Films International
Company
Caro-Line Production
Company
Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA)
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