''The Winds of the Aures'' ( ar, ريح الاوراس, translit. Rih al awras, french: Le Vent des Aurès) is a 1967 Algerian

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed by

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ( ar, محمد الأخضر حمينة; born in M'Sila, Algeria, M'sila in 1934) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film ''Chronicle of the Years of Fire''. He is one of the most p ...

. It was entered into the

1967 Cannes Film Festival The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the ''Blowup'' by Michelangelo Antonioni. The festival opened with '' J'ai tué Raspoutine'', directed by Robert Hosse ...

where it won the award for Best First Work. It was also entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

Cast

* Keltoum as Mother *

Mohamed Chouikh Mohamed Chouikh (born 1943) is an Algerian film-maker and actor. Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 ...

as Lakhdar * Hassan Hassani (as

Hassan El-Hassani whose real name was Hassan Bencheikh, known by the stage name Hassan El-Hassani (Arabic: حسن الحسني), (24 April 1916 – 25 September 1987) was an Algerian comedian. Biography Bencheikh was born in Ksar Boukhari, near Medea, French ...

) * Thania Timgad * Mustapha Kateb * Omar Tayare

Restoration

''The Winds of the Aures'' will be restored by the

World Cinema Project The World Cinema Project (WCP), formerly World Cinema Foundation, is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and restoration of neglected world cinema, founded by Martin Scorsese. History Founded in 2007 as the World Cinema Foundati ...

through the African Film Heritage Project initiative.

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