In the film, they are playing jeux —games. A Mouchoucho hides a pebble under one of three cracked tagines ; a villager guesses wrong and is frozen mid-laugh, turned into a clay statue. Another game: a skipping-rope made of wild thyme; miss a jump, and your reflection in the mirror vanishes for a year. It is silent, absurd, terrifying, and hilarious.
The full versions were originally released on starting in 2010 but have since moved to digital platforms: les mouchouchou jeux en kabyle 1 film complet
But the next morning, Lila finds a small pebble under her grandmother’s tagine —the same one from the film’s first game. And when she looks in the mirror, her reflection winks sideways. In the film, they are playing jeux —games