Set against the backdrop of the Algerian War of Independence, the film employs a documentary journalistic approach to show the battle of Algiers, where the underground movement, the Front National de Libération (FNL), fought to the death against the French colonizers.
Through documentary photography, the objectivity of the events is captured, such as the Algerian women who cut off their hair, took off their veils and headscarves and disguised themselves as Western women, and who planted bombs in public places, including civilian areas frequented by Europeans such as cafes and airports, depicting the horror of the conflict while raising the question of what is right and what is wrong in a war, a question that still remains today. a question that remains valid to this day.
Christopher Nolan lists this film as one of his favorites, and The Dark Knight: Dawn of the Dead and Dunkirk were also influenced by it.
1966 / Italy Algeria / Drama History War / Gillo Pontecorvo / Brahim Hadjadj Jean Madan
On October 1, 1954, an Algerian resistance movement erupted, centered on the Kasbah in Algiers, the capital of French Algeria, caused by Arab hatred of the long French rule.
The French government realized the seriousness of the situation and on October 7, 1957, sent General Marchu with an army of 400,000 men to the Slam region.
However, the riots continued and French repression began to escalate.
