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Algeria's Bloody Years
Algeria's Bloody Years
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Algeria's Bloody Years

Original Title: Algérie(s)

2002
2h 38m
Documentary
History

Status

Released

Release

2002

Runtime

2h 38m

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 38m
Jan 1, 2002
Languages
Arabic
French
Director
Malek Bensmaïl
Malek Bensmaïl
Patrice Barrat
Thierry Leclère
Production
Article Z
Article Z
Canal+
Canal+
CNC
CNC
PROCIREP
PROCIREP
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute
Production Countries
France
Official Website

Top Cast

24 Cast Members

Chadli Bendjedid

Chadli Bendjedid

Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Boudiaf

Mohamed Boudiaf

Self (archive footage)

Houari Boumédiène

Houari Boumédiène

Self (archive footage)

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Self (archive footage)

Ali Dilem

Ali Dilem

Self

Boudjemaâ Karèche

Boudjemaâ Karèche

Self

Ali Haroun

Ali Haroun

Self

Hubert Védrine

Hubert Védrine

Self

Mostafa Brahami

Self

Rachid Benyelles

Self

Khaled Nezzar

Self

Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi

Self

Abdou Benziane

Self

Redha Malek

Self

Sid Ahmed Ghozali

Self

Robert Pelletreau

Self

Mouloud Hamrouche

Self

Ali Yahia Abdennour

Self

Mahfoud Nahnah

Self

Hocine Aït Ahmed

Self

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