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

Djamila Benferhat

Yamina Bachir-Chouikh

Gérard Rousseau

Tahar "Ghazal" Cherfaoui

Rachid Bouafia

Mustafa Ben Mihoub

Mohamed Chouikh

Philippe Arthuys

Rachid Diguer

Mourad Dahmani

Mustapha Boudoya

Halim Sahraoui

Yazid Serhane Mohamed

Brahim Tizeggaghine