Portrait d'une jeune femme noire, adepte d'une prestigieuse confrérie religieuse, la Tidjania, et qui vit recluse dans un petit village du sud algérien. Elle décide un jour de réaliser son rêve. primé au festival du film africain de Milan (Italie), mars 1996 prix spécial du jury

Berlin – 1995 – Filme arabischer Regisseurinnen Frauen (t) räume





Notes : INS 26, p.8

  Fatima Amaria lives in a ghost village, in the Sahara Desert, where women are always completely veiled in the streets. But Fatima managed to go beyond the isolation lines thanks to her divine voice. From traditional women chants, Fatima started to play with a group of musicians in her village and then in the newt town. Now, she sings and records traditional music but also more modern pieces. Her village seems smaller every day and maybe soon she will be able to go to Algiers or Oran…