Hmmmm...

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2005)

This is a rather thought-provoking film from the guy who brought us the movie, "Quemada!" It is the mid 1950s where Algerians are fighting against French occupation and colonialism (the French had been in Algiers for 130 yrs.). A young, ambitious man named Ali volunteers his services with a terrorist organization to combat the French.
The shooting of French police and innocent Algerian and French people motivate the government of France to send in military aid to ward off the terrorist activity. Only until 1962 did Algeria gain its' independence.
What bugs me about this film is that the F.L.N. rule over Algeria was no different than the French occupation. People were still in the same situation they were before their "independence." However, the film director is a devout Marxist, which explains why the terrorists were portrayed as heroes.