Algeria's Bloody Years

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Algeria's Bloody Years (2002)

Directed by Malek Bensmaïl, Patrice Barrat, Thierry Leclère

Documentary, History · 2h 38m

Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Malek Bensmaïl, Patrice Barrat, Thierry Leclère
Writer
Malek Bensmaïl, Patrice Barrat, Thierry Leclère, Samia Chala
Director of Photography
Mustapha Belmihoub, Bachir Sellami, Baudoin Koenig
Editor
Corinne Godeau

Details

Original title
Algérie(s)
Release date
2002-01-01
Runtime
2h 38m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
Arabic, French
Countries
France
Production
Article Z, Canal+, CNC, PROCIREP, Sundance Institute