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Houria (1986)

Houria poster
Directed by
Sid Ali Mazif
Genre
drama
Country
Algeria
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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