| Director: | Farida Bourquia |
| Producer: | Farida Bourquia, Mohammed Ismail |
| Starring: | Hamid Zoughi, Rachida Machnouaa, Mostapha Zaari |
| Cinematography: | Houcine El Khattabi |
| Editing: | Larbi Ben Zouina |
| Music: | Abdelghani Al Yousfi |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
La braise (English: The Ember) is a 1982 Moroccan film directed by Farida Bourquia in her directorial debut.[1] [2] It was one of only two feature films made in Morocco by female directors in the 1980s, and is considered to be one of the first Moroccan feature films directed by a woman.[3] [4] [5]
In a mountain village, a father is accused of having raped and killed a local young woman. He is lynched by the villagers, and his wife dies tragically. They leave behind three persecuted children — Ali, Maryem, and Brahim — who attempt to uncover the perpetrator of the crime of which their father had been wrongly accused.[6]