Baya's Mountain

IMDb 10.0 1997 • 116 min • Drama

Director

Azzeddine Meddour

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Djamila Amzal
Djamila Amzal Baya
Abderrhamane Debiane
Abderrhamane Debiane Djendel
Ali Ighil Ali
Ali Ighil Ali Le vieux Belaïd
Ouardia Kessi
Ouardia Kessi La vieille Aldja
Kamal Abderrahmane
Kamal Abderrahmane Saïd