Drama War History
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.
Directed by
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Written by
Tewfik Farès, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Rachid Boudjedra
Yorgo Voyagis
Ahmed
François Maistre
Le contremaître de la carrière
Brahim Hadjadj
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
L'ami
Areski Nebti
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Slimane
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Leila Shenna
L'Épouse d'Ahmed
Yahia Benmabrouk
Kouider
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
Sid Ali Kouiret
Taha El-Amiri
Nadia Talbi

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