Baya's Mountain

Baya's Mountain 1997 Directed by Azzeddine Meddour La Montagne de Baya

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.

Country Algeria

Production Countries Algeria , France

Language Arabic

Gnere Drama

Production Companies Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA) , Caro-Line Production , Imago Films International

Release Date 3 December 1997

116 mins

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