Gillo Pontecorvo-La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)
| 1441.1 MB | Runtime 2:01:33 | b/w |
Language : French / English / Arabic
Optional subtitles : English
Audio : AC3, 48000 Hz, 192 Kb/s, 1-ch
Video : XviD, 1410 Kb/s, 23.97 frm/s, 624x352 (16:9)
| 1441.1 MB | Runtime 2:01:33 | b/w |
Language : French / English / Arabic
Optional subtitles : English
Audio : AC3, 48000 Hz, 192 Kb/s, 1-ch
Video : XviD, 1410 Kb/s, 23.97 frm/s, 624x352 (16:9)
One of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria’s struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film vividly recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed. Gillo Pontecorvo’s tour de force—is a film with astonishing relevance today. (-DVD cover)
