DAUGHTER OF KELTOUM : Global Lens Collection

A Film by Mehdi Charef

101 minutes, color, Algeria, Arabic & French w/English subtitles

A 19 year-old Swiss woman travels to her birthplace – an isolated, barren Berber settlement in the mountainous desert landscape of Algeria – to find her biological mother, who she has never met. The perilous journey immerses her in a world virtually untouched by contemporary society, one that still clings to tribal mores and strict religious codes of conduct.

"In Daughter of Keltoum, Mehdi Charef achieves a dark and poetic testimony to his roots." - Boston French Film Festival

"In addition to the film’s considerable emotional core, it also offers insights on the plight of Algerian women." - Patriot Ledger (Boston)

"Handsome photography. Solid performances." - Variety

"Exotic!" - Village Voice

"Meditating on the vastness of the continent, the film creates a dreamlike fusion of what Bowles himself described as the ‘actual desert and [the] inner desert of the spirit.’"- City Pages (Minneapolis)

DVD Special Features
Discussion Guide; Director Statement; Director Biography; Photo Gallery

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