The Winds of the Aures (1967)

overview : 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

Runtime : 1h 38m

Genre : Drama  War  

Companies : O.N.C.I.C.

Countries : Algeria

Keywords : africa, independence, algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), guerilla, maghreb, djazair