Baya's Mountain 1997
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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.
- Released: 1997-12-03
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Djamila Amzal, Abderrhamane Debiane, Ali Ighil Ali, Ouardia Kessi, Kamal Abderrahmane
- Director: Hassan Chafai, Azzeddine Meddour, Azzeddine Meddour, Jean-Pierre Lledo, Bachir Selami
