Gabbla (2008)

Living as a recluse, the topographer Malek accepts a job in a region of western Algeria at the insistence of his friend Lakhdar. Malek arrives at the base camp, but finds it decimated by fundamentalists. Several men, some armed, approach and question his being there. At dusk, the local police arrive for a routine visit. After the police have left, Malek is invited by the villagers to a makeshift party. During the night a series of explosions are heard. At dawn, Malek begins the first topographical readings, surveying the surrounding area. During the night, his sleep is disturbed again by healthy explosions. The next morning, Malek sees a crowd along the edges of the mined field. On his return to the base camp, he discovers a young woman hiding in a corner of the Saharan hut. She is an African woman and will not give her name. Later, Lakhdar arrives at the site, to find that both she and Malek have disappeared.