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The Winds of the Aures (1967) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 8, 1967

Original Title:
ريح الاوراس

Alternate Titles:
Le Vent Des Aurès
Rih Al Awras
ريح الاوراس

Genres:
Drama | War

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

Production Countries:
Algeria

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Camera Operator:
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Director:
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Editor:
Liazid Khodja
Hamid Djellouli
Anita Fernández
Sylvie Blanc

First Assistant Camera:
Abdelkader Bouziane

First Assistant Director:
Mohamed Bouamari

Music:
Philippe Arthuys

Production Manager:
René Vautier

Second Assistant Camera:
Ahmed Benarous
Selim Farès
Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina

Sound:
Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane

Writer:
Tewfik Farès
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

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