La braise (film)

La braise
Directed by	Farida Bourquia
Written by	Mahmoud Migri
Produced by	Farida Bourquia, Mohammed Ismail
Starring	Hamid Zoughi, Rachida Machnouaa, Mostapha Zaari
Cinematography	Houcine El Khattabi
Edited by	Larbi Ben Zouina
Music by	Abdelghani Al Yousfi
Release date	1982 (1982)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Morocco

La braise or Al-Jamra (English: The Embers, also known as Nights of Fire) ^[1] is a 1982 Moroccan film directed by Farida Bourquia in her directorial debut. ^{[2] [3]} It was one of only two feature films made in Morocco by female directors in the 1980s, and is considered to be one of the first Moroccan feature films directed by a woman. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Synopsis

In a mountain village, a father is accused of having raped and killed a local young woman. He is lynched by the villagers, and his wife dies tragically. They leave behind three persecuted children — Ali, Maryem, and Brahim — who attempt to uncover the perpetrator of the crime of which their father had been wrongly accused. ^[7]

References

1. Armes, Roy (6 January 2018). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-03173-0.
2. Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN   978-2-8111-4250-6.
3. "Africiné - Al Jamra (La Braise)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
4. Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-66252-4.
5. Armes, Roy (2006). African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-21898-8.
6. Martin, Florence (2011). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-22341-8.
7. Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-21744-8.

External links

• La braise at IMDb