Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes 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.
Unfortunately the movie The Winds of the Aures is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Mohamed Bouamari | First Assistant Director |
Editing | Hamid Djellouli | Editor |
Sound | Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane | Sound |
Editing | Anita Fernández | Editor |
Editing | Sylvie Blanc | Editor |
Camera | Selim Farès | Second Assistant Camera |
Production | René Vautier | Production Manager |
Camera | Ahmed Benarous | Second Assistant Camera |
Camera | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Camera Operator |
Editing | Liazid Khodja | Editor |
Camera | Abdelkader Bouziane | First Assistant Camera |
Camera | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina | Second Assistant Camera |
Sound | Philippe Arthuys | Music |
Directing | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Director |
Writing | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Writer |
Writing | Tewfik Farès | Writer |