La braise (film)

La braise
Directed byFarida Bourquia
Written byMahmoud Migri
Produced byFarida Bourquia, Mohammed Ismail
StarringHamid Zoughi, Rachida Machnouaa, Mostapha Zaari
CinematographyHoucine El Khattabi
Edited byLarbi Ben Zouina
Music byAbdelghani Al Yousfi
Running time
104 minutes

La braise or Al-Jamra (English: The Embers, also known as Nights of Fire)[1] is a 1982 Moroccan film directed by Farida Bourquia in her directorial debut.[2][3] It was one of only two feature films made in Morocco by female directors in the 1980s, and is considered to be one of the first Moroccan feature films directed by a woman.[4][5][6]

Synopsis

In a mountain village, a father is accused of having raped and killed a local young woman. He is lynched by the villagers, and his wife dies tragically. They leave behind three persecuted children — Ali, Maryem, and Brahim — who attempt to uncover the perpetrator of the crime of which their father had been wrongly accused.[7]

References

  1. ^ Armes, Roy (6 January 2018). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-03173-0.
  2. ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  3. ^ "Africiné - Al Jamra (La Braise)". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ^ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
  5. ^ Armes, Roy (2006). African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21898-8.
  6. ^ Martin, Florence (2011). Screens and Veils: Maghrebi Women's Cinema. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-22341-8.
  7. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
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