La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (1979)
- Original title
- نوبة نساء جبل شنوة
- Directed by
- Assia Djebar
- Genre
- drama, documentary
- Country
- Algeria
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman returns to her homeland in Algeria and walks through rural landscapes, listening to the stories of other women. The film follows her journey as she recalls a local resistance figure and weaves together memories, music, and daily life.
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What happens
La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (English: The Nubah of the Women of Mount Chenoua) is a 1979 Algerian documentary film directed by Assia Djebar. The film was the first of two films directed by Djebar during her decade-long hiatus from writing, produced outside of Algerian filmmaking circles. The accompanying soundtrack was composed by Hungarian Béla Bartók, who visited in Algeria in 1913 to study popular music. The film is dedicated to the musician, as well as to Zoulikha Oudai (born Yamina Echaïb), a heroine of Algerian colonial resistance to whom Djebar also dedicated La Femme sans sépulture four decades later. The film borrows the structure and takes the title of nubah, a traditional Andalusian music form composed of five parts. The documentary sparked debate in Algeria, and was screened in Carthage in 1978 and at the Venice Biennale a year later, where it won the International Critics' Prize. It is a work studied in many American universities. Only one existing digital copy of the film remains. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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