Where to Watch Daughter of Keltoum (2001) in the US

What it's about

An extraordinary story of a young woman raised in Switzerland who travels back to Algeria, her birthplace, to meet and kill her natural mother, who abandoned her shortly after birth. Along the way, she is exposed to the brutality of desert life and, in particular, the abuses that men heap upon women in fundamentalist, third world countries. Birth, death and life in general, have little meaning as people struggle for survival. The scenery is stark but at the same time beautiful and the faces of the characters that she meet are marvelous. The film was made in Tunisia, as it does not cast a particularly good light on Algerian men and probably could not have gotten permission to be filmed in Algeria where Sharia is the law of the land.

Cast and crew

Director

Mehdi Charef

Writer

Mehdi Charef

Starring

Cylia Malki, Baya Belal, Jean-Roger Milo

Details

Release date

Apr 10, 2002

Language

French, Arabic

Country

France, Belgium, Tunisia

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Where to Watch Daughter of Keltoum (2001) in the US — common questions

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