The Winds of the Aures

Synopsis

Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes the transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While military repression is in full swing, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her mountain home when her only son is kidnapped by French soldiers shortly after her husband's death during a raid. One day, seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home and embarks on a painful journey through the mountains. Accompanied by a couple of chickens, she moves from one detention camp to another in a desperate search for her missing son. The film is inspired by the events experienced by the director's family.

Main Cast

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Mother

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Mohamed Chouikh

Lakhdar

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Mohamed Hadj Smaïn

Si Ahmed

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Hassan El-Hassani

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Mustapha Kateb

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Thania Timgad

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Omar Tayre

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Tewfik Farès Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Directing	Director	Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
	First Assistant Director	Mohamed Bouamari
Sound	Music	Philippe Arthuys
	Sound	Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane
Editing	Editor	Liazid Khodja Hamid Djellouli Anita Fernández Sylvie Blanc
Camera	Second Assistant Camera	Ahmed Benarous Selim Farès Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina
	First Assistant Camera	Abdelkader Bouziane
	Camera Operator	Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Production	Production Manager	René Vautier
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