Algeria's Bloody Years
2002•2h 38m•8.5•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Malek Bensmaïl
Writer
Patrice Barrat, Thierry Leclère, Malek Bensmaïl, Samia Chala
Languages
Arabic, French
Studio
Article Z
Cast
Chadli Bendjedid
Self (archive footage)
Mohamed Boudiaf
Self (archive footage)
Houari Boumédiène
Self (archive footage)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Self (archive footage)
Ali Dilem
Self
Boudjemaâ Karèche
Self
Ali Haroun
Self
Hubert Védrine
Self
Mostafa Brahami
Self
Rachid Benyelles
Self
Khaled Nezzar
Self
Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi
Self
Abdou Benziane
Self
Redha Malek
Self
Sid Ahmed Ghozali
Self
Production
Company
Article Z
Company
Canal+
Company
CNC
Company
PROCIREP
Company
Sundance Institute
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