Rose Of The Desert (1989)
An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the city is a bus that passes once a day. Moussa, disabled from birth, lives there with his sister Zineb; They try, together, to reconstitute a family unit that the war has destroyed. The family is the dream of the idyllic times of childhood, of times when parents took all the responsibilities. Moussa is perfectly independent, although he has no arms, he nevertheless loves being cared for by his sister. Zineb, for her part, does not dare to face the new world that a marriage would constitute. Life passes punctuated by the same gestures. Zineb takes the bus to go to work at the date packaging factory. Moussa goes to see the schoolmaster, draws or dreams of Mériem, the woman he loves. A rose secretly grows in the sand, which Moussa waters every day.
Director: Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
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Boubakeur Belaroussi as Moussa |
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Dalila Helilou as Zineb |
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Athmane Ariouet as Tahar |
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Sirat Boumediène as Rachid |
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Karima Hadjar as Meriem |
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Nawal Zaatar as Samia |
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Doudja Abdoun as Bakhta |
| Directing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Director |
| Editing | Franca Marangelo | Editor |
| Writing | Maria-Cristina Paterlini | Original Concept |
| Sound | Kamel Mekesser | Sound |
| Sound | Maria-Cristina Paterlini | Music |
| Editing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Editor |
| Writing | Mohamed Rachid Benhadj | Writer |
| Writing | Maria-Cristina Paterlini | Writer |
| Camera | Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mustapha Belmihoub | Director of Photography |
