Writer and filmmaker Assia Djebar explores Algerian history, the psychological impact of war, and post-colonial female identity in this 1979 classic of film literature. Named for (and taking its structure from) a traditional song with five distinct movements, the film combines documentary-style observation with loose narrative form to tell the story of Lila, an Algerian expatriate returning to her country 15 years after independence has been won. In comparing her life with the lives and experiences of rural Algeriennes, Lila is able to put her childhood demons to rest and discover a new history -- one written in the ongoing strength of generations of women. Like much of Djebar's writing, the film has a strong subtext dealing with resistance to patriarchy and women's desire to appropriate the means of power and expression -- one of which, of course, is the filmmaker's camera.
Office Race
Comedy
4.7
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Science Fiction, Action, Drama
6.9
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
TV Movie, Drama, Crime, Mystery
7.0
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror
Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
8.1
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Animation, Comedy, Family, TV Movie
7.3
Scooby Doo and The Zombies
Animation, Adventure, Family, Mystery, Comedy
9.1
Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow
TV Movie, Family, Mystery, Romance
6.2
The Comancheros
Western, Action
6.6
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Comedy, Romance
6.9
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
6.5
Pauline at the Beach
Drama, Romance, Comedy
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Drama, Crime
7.4
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
Animation, Family, TV Movie, Mystery, Comedy
7.4
The Whip and the Body
Drama, Horror
6.5
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Comedy
5.9
Cobb
Drama
6.0
My Favorite Wife
Comedy, Romance
7.0
Fearless Hyena
Action, Comedy
6.7
Father of the Bride
Comedy, Romance, Drama
7.0
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Comedy
4.8
Eggnoid
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance
6.6
Love Me
Drama
5.0
The African Woman
Drama
0.0
Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten
Romance, Drama, TV Movie
7.5
Mutants
Drama, Science Fiction
6.0
Earth
Drama, Romance, History
6.6
Water
Drama, Romance
6.8
Come Early Morning
Drama, Romance
5.6
Nacht vor Augen
Drama
4.3
Caramel
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.9
Step Up
Music, Drama, Romance, Crime
6.9
Lords of Dogtown
Drama
7.1
The Quiet
Drama, Thriller
6.2
Sailfish
Drama
6.0
Lu-To
Drama, Romance
5.3
Feng Shui
Family, Drama
7.4
The Pixar Shorts: A Short History
Animation, Family, Documentary
7.6
The Return
Drama, Romance
6.9
A Door to the Sky
Drama
0.0
One Last Hug
Documentary
6.8