La braise (film)

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La braise
Directed byFarida Bourquia
Written byMahmoud Migri
Produced byFarida Bourquia, Mohammed Ismail
StarringHamid Zoughi, Rachida Machnouaa, Mostapha Zaari
CinematographyHoucine El Khattabi
Edited byLarbi Ben Zouina
Music byAbdelghani Al Yousfi
Running time
104 minutes

La braise (English: The Ember) is a 1982 Moroccan film directed by Farida Bourquia in her directorial debut. [1] [2] It was one of only two feature films made in Moroccan by female directors in the 1980s, and is considered to be one of the first Moroccan feature films directed by a woman. [3] [4] [5]

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. [6]

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References

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  2. "Africiné - Al Jamra (La Braise)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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  4. Armes, Roy (2006). African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-21898-8.
  5. Martin, Florence (2011). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-22341-8.
  6. Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-21744-8.