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Exploring the transmission of trauma linked to the Algerian War, Sabrina returns to the grandmothers of her native region in the Kabylie mountains. They are guardians of a memory marked by suffering but shaped above all by resistance and poetry.
Sabrina returns to her native region in Algeria, searching for the source of her nightmares. They seem to stem from her grandmother's experiences during the Algerian War.
In Kabylie, the guardians of the mountains take her on a deep path of transmission, intertwined with tradition, traces of pain and the dignity of women resistance.

Credits

Director
Sabrina Chebbi
Producer
Kenji Accard
Co-Producer
Big Sisters
Editor
Sylvie Gadmer
Production Company
Asaru Production, Idurar production

About the Director

Sabrina Chebbi
Sabrina holds a Master's degree in Cinema and Audiovisual Studies, specializing in Creative Documentary Film, from the University of Montpellier III in partnership with Les Ateliers Varan – Pratique de la Réalisation documentaire. She directed, produced, and distributed her first documentary film in 2017: Les coups de leurs privilèges. She directs and produces documentary films firmly rooted in th
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