Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina / DZ, 1975 / 177 min.
Golden Palm winner in Cannes in 1975. This majestic epic meticulously depicts the long build-up to the Algerian War of Independence through a farmer’s eyes, providing a stark portrayal of colonial Algeria’s political and violent military history.
A meticulous chronicle of the development of the Algerian nationalist movement from 1939 until the start of the revolution on 1 November 1954. The film clearly reveals that the ‘Algerian war’ wasn’t an incident, but the culmination of a drawn out process of revolts and suffering. Amid this, Ahmed’s political consciousness awakes, under the watchful eye of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria.
Restoration
Chronicle of the Years of Fire was restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Image Retrouvée and L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratories. The restoration was funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation and is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO – in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna – to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
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Director
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Production year
1975
Country
DZ
Original title
Chronique des années de braise
Length
177 min.
Language
Arabic, French
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
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