Machaho
Sign in to saveMachaho is a 1995 Algerian film directed by Belkacem Hadjadj, and distributed in France in 1996. Shot in Kabyle and Arabic, the drama deals with honour, vengeance and tradition in a Kabylie village.
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9.0In Kabylie, rude mountain region in the north of Algeria. Arezki finds the young Larbi exhausted, buried under the snow. He takes him in and nurses him until he's recovered. The host seduces Arezki's daughter. She is pregnant. This is an unsupportable shame to the father of the female sinner. Arezki claims vengeance. He leaves his house and takes the oath not to come back before having killed Larbi who betrayed him under his own roof.
Released: 1995-01-0190 minDir: Belkacem HadjadjDrama, Comedy
Cast
- Said Amrane as Rabah
- Meriem Babes as Ferroudja
- Rachid Hadid as Larbi
- Belkacem Hadjadj as Arezki
- Hadjira Oul Bachir as Tassadit
- Amal Zediri as Larbi's Niece
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Machaho is a 1995 Algerian film directed by Belkacem Hadjadj, and distributed in France in 1996. Shot in Kabyle and Arabic, the drama deals with honour, vengeance and tradition in a Kabylie village.
== Synopsis == In the mountains of Kabylie, Arezki, a peasant, finds a young man (Larbi) dying, buried in the snow. He brings him home and cares for him through the winter. While recovering, the young man has a secret relationship with Arezki's daughter. Larbi eventually leaves; a few months later the daughter is pregnant. To restore his family's honour, Arezki sets out in search of vengeance.