The Desert Ark
- Drama
1/28/1998
87
Storyline
The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when their rival families discover their secret love. Taking refuge in a cave, they listen to the sounds of a senseless campaign of violence and murder, which is the culmination of the extremism that has long divided their two communities. Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.
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Cast
Myriam AouffenMyriam- Abdelkader BelmokademWise Omar
- Hacen AbdouAmin
Hassan KachachUncle- Messaouda AdamiHouria du Ksar
- Shyraz AlianeCousine
- Amin ChouikhChild
- Hamdou DjaballahMusician
- Lynda FaresMyriam's aunt
- Rachid DahmaneActing
- Abdelrahim BouzineMusician
- Mustapha BoudoyaAmin's friend
- Bahous BouhafsBeggar
- Ali BensaïbEl Moutanabi
- Abdelkrime BencheikhAmin's brother
- Smain AllaoiActing