Movielogr
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Overview
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak of the revolution on November 1, 1954, the film unequivocally demonstrates that the “Algerian War” is not an accident of history, but a slow process of suffering and warlike revolts, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization in 1830, until this “Red All Saints’ Day” of November 1, 1954. At its center, Ahmed gradually awakens to political awareness against colonization, under the gaze of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria, and that of Miloud, half-mad haranguer, half-prophet, incarnation of Popular memory of the revolt, the liberation of Algeria and its people.
Length 177 minutes
Actors
Yorgo Voyagis | Leila Shenna | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Cheikh Nourredine | Sissani | Mohamed Hadj Smaïn | Yahia Benmabrouk | Keltoum | Sid Ali Kouiret | Nadia Talbi | Areski Nebti | François Maistre | Brahim Hadjadj