Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Director
Ramparts of Clay (1970)
In an Algerian village, the workers of a salt mine go on strike because of low wages. The owner calls the army to control the men, but a young woman cuts off the water to force the troops to retreat.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.clay, imdb.based-on-book, imdb.woman, imdb.young, mdblist.three-actors, imdb.stone-cutting, imdb.running-away-from-home + 31 more, imdb.water-well, imdb.every-day-life, imdb.desert, imdb.non-professional-actors, imdb.very-little-dialogue, imdb.labor-strike, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.strike, imdb.sprayed-with-blood, imdb.misery, imdb.army-vs-strike, imdb.tunisia, imdb.semi-documentary, imdb.chicken-blood, imdb.long-wait, imdb.small-village, imdb.oxymoron-in-title, imdb.traditional-life, imdb.stonecutter, imdb.bare-foot-woman, imdb.actual-animal-killed, imdb.sahara, imdb.washing-oneself, imdb.caravan, imdb.soldier, imdb.draw-water-from-well, imdb.killing-a-sheep, imdb.wedding-ceremony, imdb.quarry, imdb.low-wage, imdb.1960s
Production Companies: Uccelli Production, Office des Actualities Algerienes
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Runtime: 80 min.
Released: Nov. 11, 1970
Status: Released
Certification: PG / 11+