The Charcoal Maker
Al Faham
Mohamed Bouamari
Belkacem the charcoal maker lives in the countryside with his wife and two children. He must elude the forest ranger's surveillance in order to cut the wood he needs to make the charcoal he is unsuccessfully selling at the neighbouring market...
With : Fettouma Ousliha, Youcef Hadjam, Mustapha El Anka
Screenplay : Mohamed Bouamari, Daho Boukerche
Editing : Ali Mehdaoui
Music : Ahmed Malek
Screenplay : Mohamed Bouamari, Daho Boukerche
Editing : Ali Mehdaoui
Music : Ahmed Malek
Production : ONCIC
"The Charcoal Maker is the story of Algeria's development, of the arrival of factories and the agrarian revolution, but is also the story about a couple that isn't a part of this change, about two people who have no political consciousness... What I mean is two people who, even if they are working, are alienated by it. They endure it more than they actively do it, and only doing can allow them to take control, to create their happiness" (M. Bouamari). "The film's austerity, that strips the onscreen spectacle of any deceptive seduction, is emotionally powerful. With no clatter, no flags and no blood, Mohamed Bouamari shows us the greatness of the humble man" (J.L. Bori).