All Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012 Films

The Winds of the Aures (Le Vent des Aurès)

Tribute to Algerian Cinema - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina / Feature Narrative / Algeria / 1966 / 95 min / Black & White / HDCAM / In Arabic, French / Arabic, English, French subtitles / Qatar Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or older.

Synopsis

This black-and-white film – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – presents one of the most readily apparent, though subtle, transformations of the daily life of the people of Algeria brought about by the ordeal of French occupation and the war of liberation. With military repression in full force, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her house in the mountains when her only son is taken away by French soldiers soon after her husband is killed in a raid. One day, on seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home, and sets off on a tiring journey through the mountains. With a pair of chickens in tow, she moves from one detention camp to the next in a desperate search for her missing son. The film was inspired by events experienced by the family of its director.

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About the Director

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was born in M’sila, Algeria, in 1934 and is one of the most prominent and influential filmmakers of contemporary Arab cinema. His ‘Chronicle of the Years of Fire’ (1975), about the Algerian War of Independence, was the first Arab production to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Credits

Director

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Screenwriter

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina , Tewfik Farès

Producer

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Editor

Hamid Djellouli, Liazid Khodja

Music

Philippe Arthuys

Cinematographer

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Abdelkader Bouziane

Cast

Mohamed Chouikh, Kelthoum, Hassan Hassani, Thania Timgad

Contacts

• Sales Contact

  Chahinez Mohamadi

  Company: 

  Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel

  Phone: 

  +213 2194 5769

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