Release Date

28 Jan, 1998

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

L'Arche du Désert

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Actors

Myriam Aouffen

Abdelkader Belmokadem

Hacen Abdou

Hassan Kechache

Messaouda Adami

Shyraz Aliane

Amin Chouikh

Hamdou Djaballah

Lynda Fares

Rachid Dahmane

Abdelrahim Bouzine

Mustapha Boudoya

Bahous Bouhafs

Ali Bensaïb

Abdelkrime Bencheikh

Smain Allaoi

Crew

Mohamed Chouikh

Djamila Benferhat

Rachid Bouafia

Gérard Rousseau

Mustafa Ben Mihoub

Zola Lamaini

Tahar "Ghazal" Cherfaoui

Halim Sahraoui

Mourad Dahmani

Hakim Laref

Yazid Serhane Mohamed

Brahim Tizeggaghine

Mustapha Boudoya

Yamina Bachir-Chouikh