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📅 1970 ⏱️ 137 min ⭐ 7.8/10 👥 9 votes
🎭 Action, Drama, War

In 1950, in Algeria, in a village in Kabylia, Algerian resistance fighters resisted the French occupation army. Bachir returns to the village to escape the clashes ravaging Algiers. In Thala, he has two brothers, Ali and Belaïd. The first is engaged with the ALN (The National Liberation Army) and fights against the colonizer. His second brother, Belaïd, the eldest, is convinced of a French Algeria. His family torn apart, Bachir decides to join the war and takes sides against the repression of the French army. The French army is trying in vain to turn the population against the insurgents by using disinformation. The more time passes, the more the inhabitants of the village and surrounding areas, oppressed, rally to the cause of the FLN, their houses and their fields will be burned... Adaptation to the cinema of the eponymous novel Opium and the Stick, published in 1965, by Mouloud Mammeri, the film was dubbed into Tamazight (Berber), a first for Algerian cinema.

Detailed Plot Summary

In 1950, in Algeria, in a village in Kabylia, Algerian resistance fighters resisted the French occupation army. Bachir returns to the village to escape the clashes ravaging Algiers. In Thala, he has two brothers, Ali and Belaïd. The first is engaged with the ALN (The National Liberation Army) and fights against the colonizer. His second brother, Belaïd, the eldest, is convinced of a French Algeria. His family torn apart, Bachir decides to join the war and takes sides against the repression of the French army. The French army is trying in vain to turn the population against the insurgents by using disinformation. The more time passes, the more the inhabitants of the village and surrounding areas, oppressed, rally to the cause of the FLN, their houses and their fields will be burned... Adaptation to the cinema of the eponymous novel Opium and the Stick, published in 1965, by Mouloud Mammeri, the film was dubbed into Tamazight (Berber), a first for Algerian cinema.

Story Analysis

This 137-minute Action/Drama/War takes viewers on an immersive journey through its narrative. The plot development showcases exceptional storytelling with carefully crafted character arcs and thematic depth.

Director

Ahmed Rachedi

Main Cast

Sid Ali Kouiret
Sid Ali Kouiret as Ali
Marie-José Nat
Marie-José Nat as Farroudja
Mustapha Kateb
Mustapha Kateb as Lazrak
Rouiched
Rouiched as Tayeb
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant as Chaudier
Brahim Hadjadj
Brahim Hadjadj as Omar
Abdelhalim Rais
Abdelhalim Rais
Larbi Zekkal
Larbi Zekkal
Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Djelloul Bachdjarah
Djelloul Bachdjarah
Kaci Ksentini
Kaci Ksentini
Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)
Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)
Jean-Claude Bercq as Delécluze

Production Information

Release Date: September 14, 1970
Runtime: 137 minutes
Original Language: FR
Production Companies: Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Filming Locations: Algeria

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