The Winds of the Aures

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.

Country:

Algeria

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

98 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

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Company:

O.N.C.I.C.

Cast:

Mother

Lakhdar

Si Ahmed

Crew:

Writer

Writer

Director

Music

Editor