Synopsis
The story takes place in the 1920s in a remote area of the Aurassian mountains in Eastern Algeria, an area that is frequently devastated by long winters, famine, and disease. Brahim, a master craftsman, is one of the wealthiest men in the region. Married to Nakla and Gamra, who have failed to bear his children, he decides to marry for a third time, hoping that a third wife will provide him with an heir before he is too old.
Forced to marry the aging Brahim, Fadah, a beautiful, healthy twenty-year-old woman joins the two other wives in a household that is cut off from the rest of the community. Only Brahim has contact with others and leaves to go to the village once a month to deliver his pottery and buy supplies.
One day, Brahim hires a young man, Hemna, to do work on the property. A few months later, Fadah shows all signs of a pregnant woman…
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : 3B Productions, Canal+ Horizons
- Foreign production company : Gouraya Communications Audiovisuelles
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Tadrart Films
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producers : Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat
- Screenwriter : Naguel Belouad
- Director of Photography : Bachir Selami
- Editor : Joëlle Dufour
- Sound Recordist : Malek Zaidi
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Coproducer countries : Algeria, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Algeria, France)
- Production year : 2001
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 22 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
News & awards
News (3)
Selections (4)
San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF)
Spain, 2003
Amongst Friends and Neighbours - North African Open House
