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Writers:
Florent Emilio Siri (adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
2 October 2009 (USA) more
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A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. | add synopsis
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4 nominations more
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Utterly outstanding more (9 total)

Cast

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Benoît Magimel ... Lieutenant Terrien
Albert Dupontel ... Sergent Dougnac

Aurélien Recoing ... Commandant Vesoul
Marc Barbé ... Capitaine Berthaut
Eric Savin ... Le sergent tortionnaire
Mohamed Fellag ... Idir Danoun (as Fellag)
Lounès Tazairt ... Saïd
Abdelhafid Metalsi ... Rachid
Vincent Rottiers ... Lefranc
Lounès Machene ... Amar
Adrien Saint-Joré ... Lacroix
Guillaume Gouix ... Delmas
Ange Ruzé ... Théron
Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem ... Ouramdam
Antoine Laurent ... Maheu
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Also Known As:
Intimate Enemies (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
111 min
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14 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Utterly outstanding, 22 February 2008
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Author: ewan-59 from United Kingdom

I have just seen this film and was very impressed indeed.

Many have been very critical of this film stating the characters were hollow and the film itself was little more than another ain't war hell story. However there is a lot more to it than that.

The film, like 'Land and Freedom' gives a much needed insight into a very dirty war that has largely been forgotten.

From an accuracy perspective the equipment and weapons etc were spot on for the period. Contrast this to 'Tea with Mussolini' and 'Atonement' to name but a few. The film also shows many scenes of endlessly trudging through the mountains looking for an elusive enemy with no apparent end in sight. If you read Legionnaire by Simon Murray or Wayward Legionnaire by James William Worden you will quickly discover that that was exactly what the war in Algeria was like. Finally the film shows the FLN to be every bit as brutal as the French (which they were). This is a nice change from the usual blame it all on the white man theme.

Aside from material accuracy this film also brilliantly presents two very real dilemmas. The first was the French fighting against their former allies. (Many FLN members had fought with the French against the Germans in WW II. See 'Days of Glory'). The second is the highly relevant subject of torture. On the one hand its use is highly immoral and barbaric, but it is producing effective results.

Overall an outstanding film about a subject that needs to be told. Now how about an accurate film on the Korean War and the French war in Indo China.

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