The Uprooted
(1977)
★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 1977
Runtime: 120 мин
Country: Algeria
Director: Mohamed Lamine Merbah
Cast: Hassan El-Hassani, Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri), Mohamed Hadj Smaïn, عثمان عريوات, Jean Mauvais, Omar Zebdi
Plot
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 ...