📜 Overview:
Chants d’Automne (Song of Autumn), is a story of daily life on a colonial farm, at the start of the war of liberation in Algeria, describing individual and group behavior in this context. An unthinkable, even dangerous, romantic relationship, born in this context between Catherine, daughter of a settler, and Abdelmalek, son of a blacksmith. Managing his vast property in a feudal manner, Monsieur Marcel whose only ambition is his personal enrichment to the detriment of the community. Everyone fears his authority except his daughter Catherine, a student in France, who returns home during the holidays. She does not stop herself from expressing to him her ideas of justice which go against family and colonial practices. Catherine and Abdelmalek's romance makes relationships increasingly strained, but the call for freedom will be stronger than a woman's love.
🌏 Languages Available:
Arabic
,
French
📆 Date Released:
1983-01-01
⌚ Running Time:
100 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
10.0
Beloved Cast
Si Ali
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Catherine
Laurence Jeanneret
Abdelmalek
Madjid Farès
Monsieur Marcel
André Thorent
Belkacem
Mohamed Sirat
Madame Marcel
Hélène Vallier
Antoine
Jacques Blot
Le Capitaine
Yves Gauthier
L'Ouvrier
Mohamed Bouchrait