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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