Wed 27th Feb 6.30pm - Ciné lumière
Fri 22nd Feb 5.00pm - Cambridge Picturehouse

Algeria 1978. With Noweir Sawsan, Mohamed Haymour. 115 min. 15

A classic film from the Maghreb, La Nouba is a slow meditation on history and memory, beautifully weaving together women's speech and their stories in five movements patterned on the Andalusian musical composition, the Nouba. Lila, an Algerian expatriate, returns to her country 15 years after independence. In comparing her own life with the lives and experiences of rural Algerians, she is able to put her past demons to rest and discover a new history - one written in the strength of generations of women.

Winner, Grand Prix de la Critique Internationale, Venice Film Festival 1979