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Algeria's Bloody Years
8.5 / 10• 2002• 2h 38m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Chadli Bendjedid
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Mohamed Boudiaf
Self (archive footage)
Houari Boumédiène
Self (archive footage)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Self (archive footage)
Ali Dilem
Self
Boudjemaâ Karèche
Self
Ali Haroun
Self
Hubert Védrine
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Malek Bensmaïl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Algeria's Bloody Years is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
