For the ones that were lost in the battle.

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2010)

This Film depicts the French Colonization in Algeria in the 1950's. Its director Gillo Pontecorvo uses Neo-Italian Realism and a monochromatic setting to show the racial tension between the French and the Algerians. The actors are mostly Algerians, and the film is spoken 95% of the time in French. It maybe fair to say that this movie is another Conquest movie of how people of a different belief are ruled under European Ideology. This movie shows the tactics the Gorillas used to slowly one by one take down French officers. However, there is on thing that will impact you is the involvement of children throughout the film. We see children from the Gorilla side being used by their mothers as a decoyed to smuggle bombs to French own/run places. We also see the children in the places where the Gorillas bombed, and also where the French set gun fire or bombed. The Director did this to show the innocent people that lost their lives for independence. This is a movie that makes you think about the price of Freedom and who really does suffer. It's sad once you think of it.