Cine Club this week
Abdelmoubine Amar Henni
henni at sissa.it
Mon Feb 23 12:11:14 CET 2009
Dear All,
here is the schedule for this week:
Tuesday 24 February, 21:00 SISSA room D
La battaglia di Algeri (1966, Algeria)
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Language: Arabic / French (with English subtitles)
Runtime: 123 min
Synopsis:
This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for
independence from France took "Best Film" honors at the 1966 Venice
Film Festival. The bulk of the film is shot in flashback, presented as
the memories of Ali (Brahim Haggiag), a leading member of the Algerian
Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), when finally captured by the
French in 1957. Three years earlier, Ali was a petty thief who joined
the secretive organization in order to help rid the Casbah of vice
associated with the colonial government. The film traces the rebels'
struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French
government to quell what soon becomes a nationwide revolt. After the
flashback, Ali and the last of the FLN leaders are killed, and the
film takes on a more general focus, leading to the declaration of
Algerian independence in 1962.
See you
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