Baya's Mountain

  • Rated 10.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1997
  • 1h 56m
  • 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
Starring
Djamila Amzal, Abderrhamane Debiane, Ali Ighil Ali, Ouardia Kessi

Cast

  • Djamila Amzal

    Djamila Amzal

    Baya

  • Abderrhamane Debiane

    Djendel

  • Ali Ighil Ali

    Le vieux Belaïd

  • Ouardia Kessi

    La vieille Aldja

  • Kamal Abderrahmane

    Saïd

  • Youcef Meziani

    Youcef Meziani

    Le Bachagha

  • Nora Ait Abdelmalek

    Taos

  • Meziane Chabi

    Le petit Meziane

  • Fadil Hamla

    Le grand Meziane

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