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Daughter of Keltoum by Medhi Sharef
Daughter of Keltoum by Medhi Sharef 2001 (en fran?ais et berb?re avec sous titres anglais)
Brought up by an adoptive Swiss family, 19-year-old Rallia ( Cylia Malki) experiences culture shock after she returns to her native Algeria in director Medhi Sharef's riveting drama. Eager to discover her Berber roots and to find her birth mother, Rallia journeys to an isolated settlement in the Atlas Mountains. But she learns some eye-opening lessons when she ventures to the city to meet the woman who abandoned her.
Set in the desolate Atlas mountains of Algeria, a young Berber woman returns to her homeland from Switzerland. She was adopted as a child, and is now searching for her natural mother to discover why she was given up for adoption. She arrives home by a dusty bus. The scenery could best be described as a dry lunar landscape. She meets her aunt who suffers from mental problems and her grandfather. Keltoum, the mother, works in an upscale hotel in the city. She supposedly returns home every Friday but never does. The young woman takes it upon herself to go into town and seek out her mom. Thus begins the adventure into town with the disturbed aunt. The ending is surprising so I will stop at this point with the synopsis. Although the tale of a foreigner who suddenly finds herself in a harsh (and culturally shocking) environment is not new, it is done very well in this film. The Swiss educated and liberated protagonist cannot fathom the male dominance of her Berber culture. The search for her mom gives her several scenes in which she confronts misogyny. Highly recommended.
Brought up by an adoptive Swiss family, 19-year-old Rallia ( Cylia Malki) experiences culture shock after she returns to her native Algeria in director Medhi Sharef's riveting drama. Eager to discover her Berber roots and to find her birth mother, Rallia journeys to an isolated settlement in the Atlas Mountains. But she learns some eye-opening lessons when she ventures to the city to meet the woman who abandoned her.
Set in the desolate Atlas mountains of Algeria, a young Berber woman returns to her homeland from Switzerland. She was adopted as a child, and is now searching for her natural mother to discover why she was given up for adoption. She arrives home by a dusty bus. The scenery could best be described as a dry lunar landscape. She meets her aunt who suffers from mental problems and her grandfather. Keltoum, the mother, works in an upscale hotel in the city. She supposedly returns home every Friday but never does. The young woman takes it upon herself to go into town and seek out her mom. Thus begins the adventure into town with the disturbed aunt. The ending is surprising so I will stop at this point with the synopsis. Although the tale of a foreigner who suddenly finds herself in a harsh (and culturally shocking) environment is not new, it is done very well in this film. The Swiss educated and liberated protagonist cannot fathom the male dominance of her Berber culture. The search for her mom gives her several scenes in which she confronts misogyny. Highly recommended.
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