The Battle of Algiers

1966 · 122 min · IT · NR · 7.9 (941 votes)

Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo · Starring Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saâdi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fouzia El Kader · Music Ennio Morricone

“The Revolt that Stirred the World!”

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Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.

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This film plunges you into the visceral, unvarnished reality of an anti-colonial struggle. It's a relentless, urgent experience, marked by stark documentary realism and an unflinching gaze at the human cost and moral complexities of revolution. The tension is palpable, the stakes immense.

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