“I myself also had to take my father’s remains from France to his native village in the Aures. During those few days… I was sustained by the compassion and helping hands of strangers. I loved those men and women, who, when all is said and done, were like me. I had almost forgotten I was a child of the Aures. All these encounters, and my long walks in the area, a place that is both hostile and beautiful, prompted a deep and personal desire to make a film there.” ? Amor Hakkar Emptiness and sorrow are the underlying currents that drive Hakkar’s moving, simple story of a father preparing to bury his son and a mother’s debilitating grief. Mouloud’s journey to bring his son home is marked by kindness and compassion, and the sweeping Algerian landscapes and singular images ? beautifully captured by cinematographer Nicolas Roche ? speak to unspeakable emotions.