Baya's Mountain

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.

Director: Azzeddine Meddour

Cast: Djamila Amzal, Abderrhamane Debiane, Ali Ighil Ali, Ouardia Kessi, Kamal Abderrahmane, Youcef Meziani, Nora Ait Abdelmalek, Meziane Chabi

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.