REMPARTS D'ARGILE

REMPARTS OF CLAY

By Jean-Louis BERTUCCELLI

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Drama - Completed 1970

Rima is a young orphan. Her adoptive family lives in a remote Algerian village
at the edge of the desert. Though illiterate, she is full of curiosity and dreams
of a different life beyond the sandy horizon. When the foreman refuses to pay them a decent
wage, they begin an interminable strike.

    • Year of production
    • 1970
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, ALGERIA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jean-Louis BERTUCCELLI
    • Synopsis
    • Rima is a young orphan. Her adoptive family lives in a remote Algerian village
      at the edge of the desert. Though illiterate, she is full of curiosity and dreams
      of a different life beyond the sandy horizon. Life is hard in the village and the
      men work as stonebreakers. When the foreman refuses to pay them a decent
      wage, they begin an interminable strike. The army is called on to intervene..