Abstract
gaged or taken by the film. La nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua offers viewers none of the classic narrative perspectives that would enable them to close the circle and enter fully into the subject matter of the film: there is no story, no continuous narrative; nor is there a dominant main character. Is La nouba a film about the martyrdom of Zouleikha? About Lila's quest? Or is it a tribute to the numerous Algerian women who participated in the Revolution? There is certainly no single thread to guide the viewer toward a definitive meaning or a final synthesis. Instead, the film seems to take a perverse pleasure in thoroughly disappointing any desire on the viewer's part to tie up loose ends or to reach clo-
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