Ramparts of Clay (1970)
Remparts d'argile (original title)Reference View | Change View
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- 1h 20min
- Drama
- 11 Nov 1970 (France)
- Movie
- 3 wins.
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Cast
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Leila Shenna | ... |
Rima
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Ahmed Kadri | ... |
(as Kricheche)
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| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... |
Entrepreneur
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Directed by
| Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | ||
Written by
| Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | ... | (adaptation) |
| Jean Duvignaud | ... | (book and screenplay) |
Produced by
| Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | ... | producer |
| Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Andréas Winding | ||
Editing by
| François Ceppi | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Mohamed Bouamari | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Oulmi | ... | sound |
Music Department
| Taos Amrouche | ... | composer: songs (as Marguerite Taos Amrouche) |
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Distributors
- Cooperative Nouveau Cinema (1974) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Ursulines Distribution (1970) (France) (theatrical)
- Cinema 5 Distributing (1971) (United States) (subtitled)
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Storyline
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In 1962, change comes to a Tunisian village on the edge of the Sahara. An entrepreneur sets up a salt mine, hiring village men. When he pays only half the wages agreed upon, they sit down in a field of rocks. The boss calls the army, who encircle the strikers. The women watch, sacrifice a sheep, pray, ululate. During the second night, a young woman hides the bucket and rope of the town's well to keep water from the army. The strike galvanizes her: she's learning to read and has studied a city woman who visits the village. Now, as she removes her traditional dress and rejects a ritual to cast out her new rebellious spirit, will she gain independence as did Tunisia and the strikers?
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