![The Winds of the Aures](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2a7pn3dm4O55fGSBgRySdHfpf62.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Tewfik Farès |
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Director | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina |
Actor | Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri), Mohamed Chouikh, Mohamed Hadj Smaïn |
Country | Algeria |
Production | O.N.C.I.C. |