Released:
1997-12-03

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 56min

Genre:
Drama

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