Daughter of Keltoum

(2001)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 12 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2001

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: Belgium, France

Director: Mehdi Charef

Cast: Cylia Malki, Baya Belal, Jean-Roger Milo, Fatima Ben Saïdane, Brahim Ben Salah, Déborah Lamy, Mostefa Zerguine, Lotfi Yahya Jedidi, Samira Draa, Habib Zrafi

Plot

A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace—an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria—to find her biological mother, whom she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by contemporary society, one that still clings to tribal mores and strict religious codes of conduct.