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La Mission
La Mission

La Mission

January 2, 1971
53m
Drama
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.

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Details

Director
Mohamed Lamine Merbah
Cast
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri), Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Brahim Filali, Abdelkader Lazizi, Jamila Arres, Mohamed Ouaniche, Rabah Hamla, Fatima Touati
Release Date
January 2, 1971
Production
Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA)

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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