Raised in Switzerland, Rallia returns to Algeria for the first time since infancy to confront her birth mother about why she was given up for adoption. As she journeys through the barren villages in the Atlas Mountains, her western style and lack of conformity to local customs are met with hostility as her disconnection from her birth country becomes clear. 2001, Algeria, color, 35mm, in Arabic and French with English subtitles, 101 minutes.
The September 15 screening will be introduced by Joëlle Vitiello, associate professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Macalester College.
