La Maison Jaune

Credits

Name: La Maison Jaune

Country: Frankreich; Algerien

Year of publication: 2009

Format: 35mm

Color: color

Language : OF franz. m. engl. UT

Duration: 80 Minuten

Direction: Hakkar, Amor

Camera: Roche, Nicolas

Editing: Dubreuil, Jean; Garnier, Lyonnel

Sound: Ouvrard, Benoît

Actor: Hamdi, Aya; Hakkar, Amor; Ali, Tounes Ait; Ghomrassi, Bissa-Ratiba

Abstract

In Algeria, in the arid mountainous landscapes of the Aurès, a family learns from the police that their eldest son Belkacem has died in an accident, while doing his military service. On hearing the news, Mouloud immediately sets off to the city on his old tractor to retrieve his son’s body, wishing to give him a decent burial. Mouloud’s journey is plagued by suffering and loneliness. On his return, he realizes that his wife Fatima is grieving deeply. Fearing that she will never feel happy again, Mouloud tries everything to make her smile, refusing to give up because, like all the peasants in the hostile lands of the Aurès, he knows that «to give up is to die a little...».

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