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The Battle of Algiers
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In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
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The continued relevance of The Battle of Algiers is both a point of fascination and something to mourn.
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October 05, 2016
It neither demonizes nor lionizes either side of the conflict, aiming for just-the-ugly facts objectivity. Nobody who sees it is likely to feel comforted, or even vindicated. The emotion it most frequently and fervently inspires is sorrow.
October 18, 2008
It's a dedicated effort with importance as a 'document.'
July 03, 2012
Essential viewing.
January 10, 2017
Fifty years after its first run, The Battle of Algiers is still a cinematic stick of dynamite.
March 24, 2012
This seminal. meticulously crafted work about Algiers struggle for freedom won the Venic Film Fest top award, and deservedly garnered Pontecorvo Oscar nominations as Best Director and Co-scribe.
October 05, 2016
It uses realism as an effect, documentary as a style. You feel that you're really there, and you can't help but be moved.
January 18, 2013
Its content has classic and tragic dimensions beyond politics.
