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Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)

Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1975, November 26
Directors: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Countries: Algeria
Production: O.N.C.I.C., O.N.C.I.C.
Cast: Leila Shenna, François Maistre, Yorgo Voyagis, Yahia Benmabrouk, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

resistance war crimes history anti-colonialism french colonialism algeria algerian war (1954-62) panafricanism djazair liberation war maghreb algerian resistance francafrique guerilla resistance chouhada