Name: Rose Of The Desert
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-01-02
Rating: 10

Rose Of The Desert

198990m10.0 (2)

Drama

An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the city is a bus that passes once a day. Moussa, disabled from birth, lives there with his sister Zineb; They try, together, to reconstitute a family unit that the war has destroyed. The family is the dream of the idyllic times of childhood, of times when parents took all the responsibilities. Moussa is perfectly independent, although he has no arms, he nevertheless loves being cared for by his sister. Zineb, for her part, does not dare to face the new world that a marriage would constitute. Life passes punctuated by the same gestures. Zineb takes the bus to go to work at the date packaging factory. Moussa goes to see the schoolmaster, draws or dreams of Mériem, the woman he loves. A rose secretly grows in the sand, which Moussa waters every day.

Crew

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Director

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Writer

Maria-Cristina Paterlini

Writer

Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina

Director of Photography

Mustapha Belmihoub

Director of Photography

Cast

Boubakeur Belaroussi

Moussa

Dalila Helilou

Zineb

Athmane Ariouet

Tahar

Sirat Boumediène

Rachid

Karima Hadjar

Meriem

Nawal Zaatar

Samia

Doudja Abdoun

Bakhta

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