The Nomads

The Nomads (1976)

Les Nomades

When their father dies, three nomadic sons choose different voices. The first part for the city, the second tries to live as its ancestors develop and the third integrates one of the new agricultural cooperations. "A pastoral society (1,500,000 inhabitants) on the threshold of decisive choices, destructured by the evolution of economic relations which lead to the concentration of herds in the hands of a few, to the support of rangelands and to the movement of impoverishment and proletarianization of the greatest number. The attitudes of the protagonists occur in relation to the economic and political involved in the process of agrarian revolution. The alternative lies only in the free adherence of small breeders to the forms of economic and social reorganization of the Agrarian Revolution and their insertion in the profound movements of social and political change that affect Algerian society." Sid Ali Mazif

Date of release
1976-01-02
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sid Ali Mazif

Casting

Interesting facts

The Nomads is an Algerian film directed by Sid Ali Mazif in 1976. The film was presented to the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. The film deals with the socio-political situation in rural areas of post-independence Algeria.

Production and genesis

In this work, Sid Ali Mazif offers a reflection on the sedentarization policy and the agrarian revolution in Algeria. The film contrasts traditional pastoral life with nationalization and the evolution of agricultural tools, while also examining the processes of impoverishment among nomads. The film was selected for the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 1976.

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