Two French lovers traded Alps for Sahara and never looked back. Desert fever is real.
The Algerian Sahara is the most exceptional deserts. He densifies everything he hosts, men and nature, and invites you to pay attention to the world. Jean-Louis and Odette Bernezat were born at the foot of the Alps, but it was in the Sahara that they found their way, and devoted almost forty years to the discovery of this environment and have extraordinary knowledge to share. Director Maryse Bergonzat accompanies them, in a meha, in the Hoggar in Algeria, with their Tuareg friends. A privileged place to appreciate the desert, its landscapes, its inhabitants, its laws and its stories, in the company of exceptional guides.
Cinematography
Hoggar Mountains shot like they're judging your life choices
Production
Real meharée footage, no green screens in sight
Director
Maryse Bergonzat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The méharée—desert travel by camel—was already dying by 2006; this documents one of its last authentic practitioners.
The Hoggar region was off-limits to most tourists during Algeria's civil conflict; the Bernezats' access came from decades of trust-building, not visas.
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