Baya's Mountain

Baya's Mountain — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 3, 1997
• Runtime
• 116 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Azzeddine Meddour

Baya's Mountain — Cast

Djamila Amzal Baya

A

Abderrhamane Debiane Djendel

A

Ali Ighil Ali Le vieux Belaïd

O

Ouardia Kessi La vieille Aldja

K

Kamal Abderrahmane Saïd Youcef Meziani Le Bachagha

N

Nora Ait Abdelmalek Taos

M

Meziane Chabi Le petit Meziane