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The Uprooted (1977)

The Uprooted (1977)

Drama War
Release Date: 1977, March 1
Directors: Mohamed Lamine Merbah
Countries: Algeria
Production: Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Cast: Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Overview:

In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...

Keywords:

mountain algeria algerian war (1954-62)