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The Desert Ark
Film / 1998

The Desert Ark

Directed by Mohamed Chouikh
Drama

★ 6.9/10Audience rating

The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when their rival families discover their secret love. Taking refuge in a cave, they listen to the sounds of a senseless campaign of violence and murder, which is the culmination of the extremism that has long divided their two communities. Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.

The story

The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when their rival families discover their secret love. Taking refuge in a cave, they listen to the sounds of a senseless campaign of violence and murder, which is the culmination of the extremism that has long divided their two communities. Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.

Cast

Myriam AouffenMyriam Abdelkader BelmokademWise Omar Hacen AbdouAmin Hassan KachachUncle Messaouda AdamiHouria du Ksar Shyraz AlianeCousine Amin ChouikhChild Hamdou DjaballahMusician Lynda FaresMyriam's aunt Rachid Dahmane Abdelrahim BouzineMusician Mustapha BoudoyaAmin's friend
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Bahous BouhafsBeggar Ali BensaïbEl Moutanabi Abdelkrime BencheikhAmin's brother Smain Allaoi

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