The Battle of Algiers
<b>PERFECT PAIRS: Book tickets for two or more of <i>The Battle of Algiers</i>, <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/pepe-le-moko"><i>Pépé le Moko</i></a> and <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/the-stranger"><i>The Stranger</i></a> to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> Gillo Pontecorvo’s stirring anatomy of an urban uprising – the violent nationalist revolt in Algiers in 1956 and 1957 – feels strikingly relevant today, showing the real consequences of defying popular will with institutional aggression and military force. The tone is mournful but the approach journalistic, and Pontecorvo refuses to caricature the French or glamorise the Algerians: instead he sketches the way a guerilla movement is organised and the way a colonial force sets about decimating it. There's a minimum of verbal rhetoric: the urgent images and Ennio Morricone's thunderous score spell out the underlying political sympathies. Dazzling and unforgettable - and Bob Ferguson's favourite film in <i>One Battle After Another</i>...DramaPT2H2M152026-04-19Brahim Hadjadj
Jean Martin
Yacef Saâdi
Gillo Pontecorvo
Antonio Musu
Yacef Saâdi
The Battle of Algiers"The Battle of Algiers"Showtimes
April 19, 3:00 pm
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