Yema

Yema

6.7IMDb Score
Released:2012-09-06
Genre:Drama
Duration:90 min
Country:Algeria
Director:Djamila Sahraoui
Actors:Djamila Sahraoui, Samir Yahia, Ali Zarif
Production:

Overview:

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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