Baya's Mountain (1997)

• Drama

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.

Rating

10 / 10 (2 votes)

Release date

December 3, 1997

Runtime

1h 56m

Language

Arabic

Director

Azzeddine Meddour

Status

Released