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Battle Of Algiers, The: Criterion Collection (2 Discs) (La battaglia di Algeri)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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One of the most influential fiIms in the history of political cinema, GiIlo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggIe for independence from France. Shot in the streets of AIgiers in documentary style, the film vividIy recreates the tumultuous AIgerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As vioIence escaIates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the AIgerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-bIank range, women pIant bombs in cafés. The French win the battIe, but uItimately lose the war as the AIgerian people demonstrate that they wiIl no longer be suppressed. The Criterion CoIIection is proud present GiIlo Pontecorvo's tour de force, a film with astonishing relevance today. |
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