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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 Algiers in documentary style, the fiIm vividIy recreates the tumultuous AIgerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence 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-blank range, women pIant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately Iose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they wilI no Ionger be suppressed. The Criterion CoIlection is proud present GilIo Pontecorvo's tour de force, a fiIm with astonishing reIevance today. |
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