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Algeria's Bloody Years

Algeria's Bloody Years

JAN 1, 2002 · 158 MIN · DIR. MALEK BENSMAÏL

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Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.

Cast

  • Chadli Bendjedid

    Chadli Bendjedid

    Self (archive footage)

  • Mohamed Boudiaf

    Mohamed Boudiaf

    Self (archive footage)

  • Houari Boumédiène

    Houari Boumédiène

    Self (archive footage)

  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika

    Abdelaziz Bouteflika

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ali Dilem

    Ali Dilem

    Self

  • Boudjemaâ Karèche

    Boudjemaâ Karèche

    Self

  • Ali Haroun

    Ali Haroun

    Self

  • Hubert Védrine

    Hubert Védrine

    Self

  • Mostafa Brahami

    Self

  • Rachid Benyelles

    Self

  • Khaled Nezzar

    Self

  • Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi

    Self

Crew

Writer

Patrice Barrat

Writer

Thierry Leclère

Writer

Malek Bensmaïl

Writer

Samia Chala

Director of Photography

Mustapha Belmihoub

Director of Photography

Bachir Sellami

Director of Photography

Baudoin Koenig

Editor

Corinne Godeau

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