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    Ali au pays des merveilles 1975 POSTER

    Ali au pays des merveilles

    1975

    French

    6.7

    1

    african poor workers

    algerian diaspora

    algerian immigration

    Documentary

    french colonialism

    neo-colonialism

    working immigrants

    Djouhra Abouda Djouhra Abouda Director
    Ali in Wonderland unveils the condition of immigrant workers in Paris in the 1970s. It is a cry of anger against exploitation and racism, uncompromisingly raising the role of the French state, the media, capitalism, and colonization in this system of domination that crushes those who suffer it. In this experimental essay on the condition of Algerian migrants in Giscard's France in the mid-1970s, every aesthetic choice has a precise and legible political motivation and gives body and voice to a figure completely absent from the experimental cinema of the time: that of the immigrant worker. Abouda is one of the children of immigrants seen in the film, and not a simple activist serving a cause, which is why the emotion of her experimental gesture, which she throws in the viewer's face, springs from a ferocity inscribed in her body, from an insatiable anger that inhabits her gaze.
    The Little Soldier 1963 POSTER

    The Little Soldier

    1963

    French

    7.1

    15

    81%

    73%

    Action

    algerian war (1954-62)

    anti-imperialism

    Drama

    french colonialism

    War

    Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Director Georges de Beauregard Georges de Beauregard as Activist Leader Michel Subor Michel Subor as Bruno Forestier Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard as Man at Railway Station Anna Karina Anna Karina as Veronica Dreyer
    Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
    The Olive Trees of Justice 1962 POSTER

    The Olive Trees of Justice

    1962

    French

    6.9

    2

    100%

    algeria

    algerian war

    algerian war (1954-62)

    Drama

    french colonialism

    guerre d’algérie

    north africa

    James Blue James Blue Director Huguette Poggi Huguette Poggi as Cousin Louise Pierre Prothon Pierre Prothon as Jean / Narrator Jean Pélégri Jean Pélégri as Jean's Father Marie Decaître Marie Decaître as Jean's Mother
    The son of a French colonialist in Algeria returns to Algeria after learning that his father is ill. Memories from childhood return. He also must deal with some problems involving the Algerian fight for independence.
    Faithful 2020 POSTER

    Faithful

    2020

    French

    5.8

    1

    Action

    algeria

    algerian war (1954-62)

    Biography

    communism

    Drama

    freedom fighters

    french colonialism

    History

    maghreb

    Hélier Cisterne Hélier Cisterne Director Vincent Lacoste Vincent Lacoste as Fernand Iveton Rémy Roubakha Rémy Roubakha as Georges Carrio, le deuxième contremaître Vicky Krieps Vicky Krieps as Hélène Iveton Raphaël Thiéry Raphaël Thiéry as Maître Charles Lainné
    1956. Algeria is a French colony. Fernand and Helene are madly in love. Fernand is an activist, fighting for independence alongside the Algerians. Helene is fighting for Fernand’s life. History will irrevocably change the course of their destiny.
    The Rabbi's Cat 2011 POSTER

    The Rabbi's Cat

    2011

    French

    7.1

    7

    94%

    75%

    Action

    Adventure

    Animation

    cat

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    french colonialism

    jewish culture

    parent child relationship

    rabbi

    racism

    Joann Sfar Joann Sfar Director Alice Houri Alice Houri as Knidelette Jacky Ido Jacky Ido as Le Chef de la Tribu Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric as Le prince François Damiens François Damiens as Le reporter
    The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.
    Chronicle of a Summer 1961 POSTER

    Chronicle of a Summer

    1961

    French

    7.4

    4

    cinema on cinema

    Documentary

    french colonialism

    friendship

    History

    paris, france

    saint-tropez, france

    summer vacation

    Jean Rouch Jean Rouch Director Nadine Ballot Nadine Ballot as Self Jacques Gabillon Jacques Gabillon as Self - un employé Raymond Raymond as Self - un étudiant africain Modeste Landry Modeste Landry as Self - un étudiant africain
    Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
    Red Island 2023 POSTER

    Red Island

    2023

    French

    5.9

    1

    81%

    1970s

    Action

    coming of age

    Drama

    french colonialism

    Robin Campillo Robin Campillo Director Loïc Molla Loïc Molla as Hibou 9 David Serero David Serero as M. Guedj Vincent Schmitt Vincent Schmitt as Père Bertin Quim Gutiérrez Quim Gutiérrez as Robert Lopez
    Madagascar, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. On an air base of the French army, the soldiers live the last carefree years of colonialism. Influenced by his readings of Fantômette, Thomas, a child who is not yet 10 years old, gradually forges a look at the world around him.
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