The Battle of Algiers Page #4

Synopsis: Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu (Jean Martin), a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe (Brahim Haggiag), a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Genre: Drama, War
Production: Rialto Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
95
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
NOT RATED
Year:
1966
121 min
$55,908
Website
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VOICES PARAS:

Why are they breathing so heavily?

Fear ...

Air ...

They haven't got enough air inside ...

And again the voice of the captain, clear and somewhat distant:

CAPTAIN:

(off)

Make up your mind, Ali? Do you want us to

wall you in, or do you prefer that we

blow you to pieces? ... Alright. So much

the worse for you.

Ali's expression is still firm; his stare is dark and sullen.

6VIEWS OF THE CASBAH. OUTSIDE. DAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1954.

The Casbah:
compressed humanity, swarming in the alleyways, on the

steps, in the cafes, in the Arab baths, in the mosques, and in the

markets; a tangle of voices, gestures, faces, veiled women, eyes.

Someone is putting up a handbill, another distributes them.

SPEAKER:

"National Liberation Front! Algerian

brothers! The time has come to break

loose at long last from the bonds of

misery in which one hundred and thirty

years of colonial oppression has kept us

chained. The moment of struggle is near;

our goal -- national independence ..."

7VIEWS OF THE EUROPEAN CITY. OUTSIDE. DAY.

The European city: reinforced concrete, asphalt, steel, lights, shop

windows, buildings, automobiles. A steady rhythm of efficiency, music,

cordiality, an apéritif.

SPEAKER:

"In order to avoid a fatal and bloody

conflict, we propose an honorable program

of discussion to the French authorities,

on condition that they recognize the right

of our people to self-government ..."

And the Algerians who work in the European city, the dockers, waiters,

laborers, street-cleaners, farm-hands, and gardeners.

SPEAKER:

"Algerians unite! Be ready for action!

The National Liberation Front calls you to

struggle."

Unemployed, peddlers, beggars, shoeshine boys ...

8STREET CARD GAME. OUTSIDE. DAY.

Two hands are moving; one over the other, they criss-cross with

incredible speed; at the same time, they are shifting three small

pieces of wood which appear to be identical. The hand movements are

marked by a kind of Algerian CHANT.

From time to time, the pieces of wood are overturned for a split second

so that the other sides are visible. Robust hands, thick, unusually

agile for their size. The hands of Ali la Pointe, younger then, twenty-

four years old.

A European quarter of Algiers. Coming and going of people, automobile

traffic. On the sidewalk a small group of European and two Algerian

boys.

Other passersby stop to watch. The group crowds around the stand where

Ali la Pointe is playing his game.

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Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo (Italian: [ˈdʒillo ponteˈkɔrvo]; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers, 1966) was released. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966. more…

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