Houria (1986)
- Directed by
- Sid Ali Mazif
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Algeria
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 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
In 1980s Constantine, a poor orphaned student named Houria falls in love with a wealthy, westernized student named Noureddine. Her brothers watch her closely and want to marry her off to a cousin, so she runs away. When she returns, she is beaten and kept under strict watch, but then Noureddine asks to marry her and her family agrees yet Houria refuses.
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What happens
Houria (Hûrya) est un film algérien réalisé par Sid Ali Mazif et sorti en 1986. Dans la ville de Constantine, les amours contrariés de deux étudiants : Houria, orpheline de père, issue d'un milieu pauvre et traditionnel et Noureddine, fils d'une famille aisée, influencée par le mode de vie occidental. Les frères de Houria la surveillent étroitement et veulent la marier à un cousin germain. La jeune femme fait alors une fugue et, lorsqu'elle retourne au foyer, elle est battue et placée sous haute surveillance. Noureddine la demande courageusement en mariage. Mais, alors que la famille de Houria accepte, c'est, plutôt cette fois-ci, la fille qui refuse… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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