Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975•2h 57m•6.6•Released
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A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak of the revolution on November 1, 1954, the film unequivocally demonstrates that the "Algerian War" is not an accident of history, but a slow process of suffering and warlike revolts, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization in 1830, until this "Red All Saints' Day" of November 1, 1954. At its center, Ahmed gradually awakens to political awareness against colonization, under the gaze of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria, and that of Miloud, half-mad haranguer, half-prophet, incarnation of Popular memory of the revolt, the liberation of Algeria and its people.
Director
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Writer
Tewfik Farès, Rachid Boudjedra, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Languages
Arabic, French
Studio
O.N.C.I.C.
Cast
Yorgo Voyagis
Ahmed
Leila Shenna
L'Épouse d'Ahmed
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Miloud, Le conteur
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
L'ami
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Slimane
Yahia Benmabrouk
Kouider
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Sid Ali Kouiret
Nadia Talbi
Areski Nebti
François Maistre
Le contremaître de la carrière
Brahim Hadjadj
Taha El-Amiri
Abdelhamid Habati
Production
Company
O.N.C.I.C.
Producer
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
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