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.

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the milita...

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchfu...

These are the first images shot in the ALN maquis, camera in hand, at the end of 1956 and in 1957. T...

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a ...

Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African dese...

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, a...

An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt t...

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unname...

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern A...

The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pri...

“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist A...

This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small tali...

After a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.

Young Africans in Paris face insecurity and vague future. Should they stay in France, or return to t...

At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women w...
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...

A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that...

Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. I...