10 April 2012
If you've never seen Gillo Pontecorvo's classic 1966 exposition of the Algerian struggle for independence, rush along to experience the now digitally remastered film in a brand new print.
It looks like a documentary but it is, in fact, a fictionalised account enacted by amateurs which, owing to its evenhandedness, was heavily criticised at the time by both sides. As the Arab Resistance cell is hunted down by the French military, you can't stop thinking that the situation in the world is not so very different now. The Battle is just as powerful as it must have been then - and just as exciting.
The Battle Of Algiers (La Bataille D'Alger) + Discussion
Cert: 15
