The Winds of the Aures (ريح الاوراس) 57 years old

This black-and-white film – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – presents one of the most readily apparent, though subtle, transformations of the daily life of the people of Algeria brought about by the ordeal of French occupation and the war of liberation. With military repression in full force, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her house in the mountains when her only son is taken away by French soldiers soon after her husband is killed in a raid. One day, on seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home, and sets off on a tiring journey through the mountains. With a pair of chickens in tow, she moves from one detention camp to the next in a desperate search for her missing son. The film was inspired by events experienced by the family of its director.

Credits

The Winds of the Aures Cast

Name	Character
Hassan Hassani
Mohamed Chouikh He was 23, now 81 years old	as Lakhdar
Mustapha Kateb He was 46, 69 years old when he died

The Winds of the Aures Crew

Name	Department
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Director. He was 33 (now 90) years old	Directing
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Writer. He was 33 (now 90) years old	Writing