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Chronicle of the Years of Fire

Original title: Ahdat Sanawovach El-Djamr · Turkish title: Kor Yılların Tarihi
1975 · 2 h 57 min
Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
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Cast

Yorgo Voyagis Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Leila Shenna

Credits

Written by: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Plot

A peasant, Ahmed, driven from his land by drought in 1939, travels to the city and sees the humiliations of colonial rule, and as he spends time in Algiers and in the French army, the country prepares for revolution. Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's 1975 film, an epic in several parts, narrated by a madman, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, the only African film to do so.

Sinekatalog’s take

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's epic follows an Algerian peasant driven off his land by drought and watching colonial humiliations as revolution approaches. Grand and bitter, it won the Palme d'Or and is a landmark of Algerian cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (1,031 votes)
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