At long last, I watch an Algerian war film speaking precisely of the French Algerian war that occured between 1954 and 1962. Eight years of brutality, tortures, bombardments, atrocities of all kinds. And useless to say that the French authorities rarely evokes this war, except directors such as Yves Boisset and Philippe Faucon. France - French army - commited atrocities as well as the Algerian rebels too. This movie shows the Algerian point of view, very interesting. Il is poignant, engrossing, realistic and not propaganda from my own point of view. It's such a shame that this movie was not more widely shown in Europe, and France in particular.
Review of Rih al awras
