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Machaho

Machaho

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1995

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

100%

Original Title

Machaho

Production Companies

Les Films Sur La Place, Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV), Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA)

Director

Belkacem Hadjadj

Description

In Kabylie, rude mountain region in the north of Algeria. Arezki finds the young Larbi exhausted, buried under the snow. He takes him in and nurses him until he's recovered. The host seduces Arezki's daughter. She is pregnant. This is an unsupportable shame to the father of the female sinner. Arezki claims vengeance. He leaves his house and takes the oath not to come back before having killed Larbi who betrayed him under his own roof.