Film · Drama
Wind from the South (1975)
Néfissa, a student in Algiers, returns to her village in the south in the summer. Her father wants her to marry the mayor but she wants to continue her studies. Confronting her father and the opinion of the villagers who do not understand her, she decides to flee to Algiers. The shepherd Rabah discovering her wounded and lost in the mountains, has her treated by her mother. In contact with Nefissa, Rabat becomes aware of his exploited condition and discovers the possibilities offered to him by the cooperatives of the agrarian revolution. The two young people will go through the decisive stage together which will allow them to escape obscurantism and exploitation. Based on the novel "Le vent du sud" by Abdelhamid Benahouga
- Director
- Mohamed Slimane Riad
- Writers
- Abdelhamid Benhedouga, Mohamed Slimane Riad
- Country
- Algeria
- Language
- Arabic
- Release date
- January 2, 1975
- Original title
- Le Vent du Sud
Cast
Boualem Benani
Nawal Zaatar
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Abdelhalim Rais
Doudja Achachi
Larbi Zekkal
Areski Nebti
Kaci Ksentini- Hadj Cherif
- Ahmed Hammoudi
- Fatima Bouriahi
- Omar Zebdi
- Saliha Laroussi
- Zahra Bouzina
- Fatima Zahra Hammoudi
- Amina Aissa
- Mohamed Chenoufi
- Mourad Messifi
- Mohamed Choufi
