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Good strong story well written well acted good characters ,good quality
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This was one of the most dramatic and suspense filled films I have ever watched on DVD. France is the Occupier of Algiers or Algeria. Ironic it should be the Arabs are occupied similarly today by Israelis and America today in Palestine and Iraq! Algerian arabs fight back one by one all their Leadership is targeted but they still resist eventually France wins the battle against the resistance fighters but loses the war! eventually Algeria wins independence. There is a one hour question and answer with the director on this DVD, he visits Algeria after 30 years to see how society has changed after FIS won the preliminary elections in 1991. Very enjoyable and informative. Please do watch this DVD. There is a lot of wisdom and relevancy today as it was 50 years ago please note every Muslim and westerner should watch this and try to understand no one wins in war Humanity loses overall. Humanbeings should live side by side with peace,tolerance,love & harmony. Occupation corrupts all sides, effects everyone. Bloodshed brings extremism and extremism destroys human values.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Being a bit of a film buff and having heard of this film many times both in the media and at my art school in Italy.Classed as a classic that is what it is. Gillo pontecorvo,s masterpiece tells the story of the Algerian peoples attempt to end French colonialism in 1954. This film was made in 1966, but watching today it still has a very powerful message to convey about todays problems in the middle east and elsewhere ! It seems like a documentary, by the way it is shot as if you are watching from the outside looking in.It makes no apologies and i think tells it just the way it was.If any one is interested in the type of recent history then this is the one to watch !. Also loved the front cover, the meanest looking para i've ever seen!.
I bought this DVD because of the period of history it covered and I have a keen interest of this particular period, also I wondered why the French had to leave Algiers.