Baya's Mountain (1997)
Drama
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 as Baya
- Abderrhamane Debiane as Djendel
- Ali Ighil Ali as Le vieux Belaïd
- Ouardia Kessi as La vieille Aldja
- Kamal Abderrahmane as Saïd
- Youcef Meziani as Le Bachagha
- Nora Ait Abdelmalek as Taos
- Meziane Chabi as Le petit Meziane
- Fadil Hamla as Le grand Meziane