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The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.
Top billed cast
Nahed Fouhala
Mustapha El Anka
Doudja Achachi- Aziz Anik
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