Storyline
In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.
Cast & Crew
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Slimane
Lead
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Moh
Mohamed Chouikh
Ali
Malek Kateb
Brahim
Brahim Hadjadj
Le Charretier
Djohra Bachene
Zhera
Jacques Monod
L'administrateur
Areski Nebti
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tewfik Farès's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Outlaws is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
