Opinion on the film

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2010)

I found The Battle of Algeri a very interesting movie, because even though it is a movie that it was made in the 1960's, it deals with many current issues. The right sovereignty of a state and the right of freedom are the themes of this movie. Even in this movie we see many connections to the Italian NE realism, like for instance the choice to use non professional actors, and to shoot the movie on actual location where the real events took place. Overall I found this movie very violent but also very thought full. We could compare the issue of Frnace colonialism over Aljerie with many other current events. The use of non professional actors made this movie even more realistic.