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Baya's Mountain(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-12-03
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Time: 1h 56m
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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.
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Algeria
ProductionCompanies: 
Imago Films International
Caro-Line Production
Movie: Baya's Mountain
Top 9 Billed Cast
Djamila Amzal
Baya
Youcef Meziani
Le Bachagha
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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.
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1997-12-03
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