Battalion to My Beat

Battalion to My Beat

Battalion to My Beat

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Battalion to My Beat

2016

0h 14m

5.6(5 votes)

Drama

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Eager to escape a life of confinement in the refugee camps of Western Sahara in Algeria, Mariam flees into the desert to join the army, naively believing herself to be the Joan of Arc who will save her country from occupation.

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