Film is, in fact, biased

Rating: Null/10 (6 December 2004)

I recently watched this film for a class and was flabbergasted when i saw that some poor moviegoer out there had been deceived into believing Pontecorvo's film about the Algerian revolution was unbiased. While this is a testament to the director's ability, i felt it necessary to explicate the situation more fully for anyone who might stumble upon this account of the film and watch it under the impression that it is an objective presentation of historical events rather than a subjective interpretation of those events. Naturally, this film sides with the underdog FLN freedom fighters and highlights their terrorist strategies. While i understand that many western viewers believe that any film that portraying french unfavorably must be unbiased, i would say that this film is structured to manufacture an unfavorable opinion of the French in any viewer. While i would personally be inclined to side with the underdog Algerians anyway (French history itself is an indictment of colonialism), everyone must recognize bias for what it is. just wanted to clear that up.