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Full Free Watch The Winds of the Aures (1967) : Summary Movies 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. | ||
Release Date | : | Jun 08, 1967 |
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Genres | : | Drama, War |
Production Company | : | O.N.C.I.C. |
Production Countries | : | Algeria |
Casts | : | Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri), Mohamed Chouikh, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Hassan El-Hassani, Mustapha Kateb, Djohra Bachene, Thania Timgad, Omar Tayre |
Plot Keywords | : | africa, independence, algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), guerilla, maghreb, djazair |
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