Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronique des Années de Braise
Release: 1975-11-26
·Runtime: 177m
·★ 6.4
Drama
War
History
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.
Production Countries
Algeria
Production Companies
O.N.C.I.C.
Cast
Leila Shenna
as L'Épouse d'Ahmed
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
as Slimane
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Sid Ali Kouiret
Areski Nebti
François Maistre
as Le contremaître de la carrière
Taha El-Amiri
Yorgo Voyagis
as Ahmed
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
as Miloud, Le conteur
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
as L'ami
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
Yahia Benmabrouk
as Kouider
Nadia Talbi
Brahim Hadjadj
