The Daughter of Keltoum (2002)
- Original title
- La Fille de Keltoum
- Directed by
- Mehdi Charef
- Genre
- road movie
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young Swiss woman travels to a remote Maghreb village to find the mother she never knew. While waiting in an isolated house, she gets to know her grandfather and aunt and learns about their harsh daily lives.
poignantunsettlingdeliberateintrospectivelonelygroundedemotionally rawquietly tense
What happens
The Daughter of Keltoum (La Fille de Keltoum) is a 2002 drama film about a 19-year-old from the Maghreb, Rallia, who is brought up in a foster family in Switzerland, and who goes back to her village to find her mother, Keltoum. While waiting for her mother in an isolated house, Raillia meets her grandfather and aunt and learns about the life and people in her village. It is directed by Mahdi Charef and stars Cylia Malki, Baya Belal, Jean-Roger Milo, Fatima Ben Saidane, and Deborah Lamy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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