Rose Of The Desert
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An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the city is a bus that passes once a day. Moussa, disabled from birth, lives there with his sister Zineb; They try, together, to reconstitute a family unit that the war has destroyed. The family is the dream of the idyllic times of childhood, of times when parents took all the responsibilities. Moussa is perfectly independent, although he has no arms, he nevertheless loves being cared for by his sister. Zineb, for her part, does not dare to face the new world that a marriage would constitute. Life passes punctuated by the same gestures. Zineb takes the bus to go to work at the date packaging factory. Moussa goes to see the schoolmaster, draws or dreams of Mériem, the woman he loves. A rose secretly grows in the sand, which Moussa waters every day.
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Cast
13 people
Boubakeur Belaroussi
Moussa
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Dalila Helilou
Zineb
Also in
Touchia, Song of the Women of Algiers
Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper
Rachid Benhadj
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Athmane Ariouet
Tahar
Also in
Carnaval fi Dachra
Le Clandestin
Maria Cristina Paterlini
Sirat Boumediène
Rachid
Also in
The Citadel
The Cork
Athmane Ariout
Tahar
Karima Hadjar
Meriem
No other roles listed
Boumedienne Sirat
Rachid
Nawal Zaatar
Samia
Also in
The Citadel
Wind from the South
Doudja Abdoun
Bakhta
Also in
Leila and the Others
The Casbah of Algiers
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj Director · Maria-Cristina Paterlini Writer Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina Cinematographer
First release January 2, 1989 · Produced in Algeria · Original title زهرة الرمال (Louss, Warda Al-Rimal)
Production
Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)
Production
Algeria
Produced in
Languages
Original title
زهرة الرمال (Louss, Warda Al-Rimal)
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Algeria · January 2, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 9, 1989 · Toronto Film Festival
France
December 12, 1990
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