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Machaho (1995)

Machaho poster
Directed by
Belkacem Hadjadj
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a Kabylie village, a man's life is disrupted by a conflict over honor and tradition. The story traces how an act of vengeance affects him and the people around him.

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What happens

Machaho is a 1995 Algerian film directed by Belkacem Hadjadj, and distributed in France in 1996. Shot in Kabyle and Arabic, the drama deals with honour, vengeance and tradition in a Kabylie village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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