Battle of Algiers

Rating: 6/10 (12 June 2011)

Considering that none of the actors in the movie are professional, except Colonel Mathieu, Gillo Pontecorvo did a wonderful job shooting this film as if it was a documentary. It was very tolerable to watch. In this movie, the civil unrest between the French and Algerians was a tragic one. Many innocent people had to die as each group set out bombs in the Kasbahs and French cafés. No one deserved it and yet it happened because they both wanted to retaliate with each other. After watching this movie, I was appreciative to learn about the history of Algeria and France, but I felt indifferent on who was at fault. I though both the Algerians and French had a part in the unrest and they took it out on each other through violence. I was neither on the Arab side nor was I on the French side and the director of the film director made this movie just that...unbiased and to simply raise awareness.