Yema
2012 · 1h 30m · Drama · Algeria
A small abandoned house, isolated in the Algerian countryside. Here Ouardia has buried her son Tarik, a soldier possibly killed by his own brother Ali, leader of an Islamist group. In this atmosphere, tense with pain and brittle with drought, life will little by little reassert itself. Thanks to the garden that Ouardia will bring to life by dint of courage, work, and obstinacy.
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algeriaalgerian civil war (1991-2002)maghrebnorth africapolitic terrorism
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