The battle of Algiers
Sunday, January 20, 2008 @ 6.20 pm
Cert 15
Gillo Pontecorvo | Algeria | Italy | 1966 | 121′
This classic film is a riveting reconstruction of the struggle for independence in mid-50s Algiers, its themes as headline-fresh as its content. It’s October 1957 and, cornered by French forces, National Liberation Front leader Ali La Pointe reflects on his rise to revolutionary status as the Algerian’s use of terrorist tactics is met with brutal counter-measures by the French. Though there’s no question whose side Pontecorvo is on, but the emphasis is one of balance rather than bias as the civilian cost is counted on both sides. Clasur o ffilm ag arddull ddogfennol iddi am y frwydr dros annibyniaeth yn Algiers. Cyfle i ail-fyw hanes hynod ddramatig.
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