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Baya's Mountain

Baya's Mountain

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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.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released: 1997-12-03
⌚ Running Time: 116 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 10.0

Beloved Cast

Djamila Amzal original image
Baya
Djamila Amzal
Abderrhamane Debiane original image
Djendel
Abderrhamane Debiane
Ali Ighil Ali original image
Le vieux Belaïd
Ali Ighil Ali
Ouardia Kessi original image
La vieille Aldja
Ouardia Kessi
Kamal Abderrahmane original image
Saïd
Kamal Abderrahmane
Youcef Meziani original image
Le Bachagha
Youcef Meziani
Nora Ait Abdelmalek original image
Taos
Nora Ait Abdelmalek
Meziane Chabi original image
Le petit Meziane
Meziane Chabi
Fadil Hamla original image
Le grand Meziane
Fadil Hamla

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