Daughter of Keltoum
Original title: La Fille de Keltoum
7.4(12)20011h 46mFR
Directed by Mehdi Charef
A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find her biological mother, whom she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by contemporary society, one that still clings to tribal mores and strict religious codes of conduct.
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algerianorth africaalgerian civil war (1991-2002)maghreb
