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Stephen Sewell (writer)
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21 November 1991 (Germany) more
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Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of Morrocco from Algeria at the turn of the twentieth century... more | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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Slow but interesting true story of a woman, a convert to Islam, whose several books about colonial Algeria became legendary. more (4 total)

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Mathilda May ... Isabelle Eberhardt

Tchéky Karyo ... Slimene

Peter O'Toole ... Maj. Lyautey
Richard Moir ... Lt. Comte
Arthur Dignam ... Cauvet
Ben Smaïl ... Hussein
Foued Nassah ... Lachmi
Wolf Harnisch ... Trophimowsky
René Schönenberger ... Fridel
David Pledger ... Augustin
Clément Harari ... Joue
Françoise Brion ... Mme De Mores
Lyèce Boukhitine ... Sayed
Mouss ... Nefez
Olivier Pajot ... De Susbielle
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Slow but interesting true story of a woman, a convert to Islam, whose several books about colonial Algeria became legendary., 8 April 2001
Author: Wilburrabbit from Brooklyn, New York

Watching this slow French-Australian production is interesting if only to learn about the true story of a woman whose several books about colonial Algerian became legendary. Even the story of how the books came to be published is interesting.

Per a website entry by © Robert Bononno 1988, Isabelle Eberhardt was the child of an aristocratic German mother and a Russian father, a former priest in the Russian Orthodox church, a friend of Bakunin, a "philosopher, scholar and polyglot." (Eberhardt is claimed to have been Rimbaud's daughter). She converted to Sufi Islam and was fluent in many languages.

The movie is a little pedantic about justice and colonial oppression, and the character development is a not clear. However, this fictionalized snapshot of a period not widely known by American audiences is worthwhile.

A small role by Peter O'Toole is welcome.

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