TMDb Rating
7.3/10
11 verified votes
Daughter of Keltoum (2001)
Drama
106 min
Plot Summary
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, whom 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.
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DramaMehdi CharefCylia MalkiBaya Belal2001
Director
Mehdi Charef
Top Cast
Cylia MalkiBaya BelalJean-Roger MiloFatima Ben SaïdaneDéborah Lamy
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