Trailer
The Winds of the Aures
6.4
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1h 38m
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1967
Overview
Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes 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.
Cast
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Mother
Mohamed Chouikh
Lakhdar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Si Ahmed
Hassan El-Hassani
Mustapha Kateb
Djohra Bachene
Thania Timgad
Omar Tayre
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