Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinyorwa cheMakore eEmbers (1974), zvisinei, ibasa raLakhdar-Hamina rinokosha zvikurusa. Muna 1975, akawana kuzivikanwa munyika yose apo firimu racho rakapiwa mubayiro weGolden Palm paCannes. Firimu, iro rinopa chiono chomunhu oga chechimurenga cheAlgeria
, inotsvaka kushanduka kwechimurenga kubva muna 1939 kusvika pakutanga kwekumukira kwe1954 kurwisana neFrance.