Director
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Cast
Leila Shenna, Kricheche, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Edition 1974
80'
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1971
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Arabic, French
In 1962, change comes to a Tunisian village on the edge of the Sahara. An entrepreneur sets up a salt mine, hiring village men. When he pays only half the wages agreed upon, they sit down in a field of rocks. The boss calls the army, who encircle the strikers. The women watch, sacrifice a sheep, pray, ululate. During the second night, a young woman hides the bucket and rope of the town's well to keep water from the army. The strike galvanizes her: she's learning to read and has studied a city woman who visits the village. Now, as she removes her traditional dress and rejects a ritual to cast out her new rebellious spirit, will she gain independence as did Tunisia and the strikers?
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Credits
Directors
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Cast
Leila Shenna, Kricheche, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Scenario
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Director of Photography
Andréas Winding
Editors
François Ceppi
Producers
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Production studios
Office des Actualities Algerienes
More info
Dialogue
Arabic, French
Countries of production
Algeria, France
Screenplay based on
Jean Duvignaud
Year
1971