Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Mehdi Charef
Year:
2001
Time:
101 minutes
Produced by:
Fabienne Servan-Schreiber
Written by:
Mehdi Charef
Edited by:
Kenout Peltier
Language:
In Arabic & French w/ English subtitles
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Winner! Kodak Award
- Mons Festival of Love Films, 2002
Winner! SIGNIS Jury Award
- Milan African Film Festival, 2003
"Exotic!"
- Village Voice
"Handsome photography. Solid performances."
- Variety
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A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find her biological mother, whom she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by contemporary society, one that still clings to tribal mores and strict religious codes of conduct.
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