Baya's Mountain

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.

Cast

Djamila Amzal

Baya

A

Abderrhamane Debiane

Djendel

A

Ali Ighil Ali

Le vieux Belaïd

O

Ouardia Kessi

La vieille Aldja

K

Kamal Abderrahmane

Saïd

Youcef Meziani

Le Bachagha

N

Nora Ait Abdelmalek

Taos

M

Meziane Chabi

Le petit Meziane

F

Fadil Hamla

Le grand Meziane

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