Where to watch · United States
via JustWatch · IP Geolocation by DB-IP
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Drama, War, History · 2h 57m
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.
Cast
Yorgo Voyagis
Ahmed
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Miloud, Le conteur
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
L'ami
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Slimane
Yahia Benmabrouk
Kouider
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Sid Ali Kouiret
Nadia Talbi
Areski Nebti
François Maistre
Le contremaître de la carrière
Crew
- Director
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Writer
- Rachid Boudjedra, Tewfik Farès, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Director of Photography
- Marcello Gatti
- Editor
- Youcef Tobni
- Producer
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Details
- Original title
- Chronique des Années de Braise
- Release date
- 1975-11-26
- Runtime
- 2h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Algeria
- Production
- O.N.C.I.C.