Product: La Guerre du feu (1982)
Rating: 4.0
Liked it, even though it's not accurate.
I found this movie both interesting and enjoyable, in spite of some anthropological anomalies in the plot. A number of people have pointed out problems with this film showing "cro-magnons" in conflict with various other human species. If the film's protagonists are viewed as Neanderthals, the film makes much more sense, although there's no evidence that Neanderthals 80,000 years ago were interacting with more primitive species like Homo Erectus, which would have already been extinct. They probably were interacting with modern humans though, to some extent. Recent discoveries postulate possible other sub-species existing in concert with both Neanderthals and modern humans (the "Cro-magnons"), so in retrospect, the film gains plausibility in that respect. In any event, it's a fascinating look at the harshness and brutality of life in that era. There is no dialog, so if you're the kind of person that needs that, you probably won't like it. I give it 4 stars for not being more careful about being accurate.