A woman's silence becomes Algeria's loudest weapon against colonial terror.
1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions.
Acting
Chafia Boudraa's wordless defiance — a masterclass in stillness.
Direction
Touita's refusal to aestheticize suffering makes every frame count.
Writing
The old woman's strategic silence as political weapon.
Director
Okacha Touita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in 1991 as Algeria's own civil war loomed, the film's timing transforms historical document into urgent warning.
Touita, himself a Mostaganem native, shot in his hometown — locations still scarred by actual 1957 violence, blurring reconstruction and memory.
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