The read
It runs long at 2h 32m.
Synopsis
The feature film “The seven ramparts of the citadel”, a fiction recounting the conflict between an Algerian family expropriated from its land and a bloodthirsty settler; by director Ahmed Rachedi. Adapted from the eponymous novel by Mohamed Maarafia, the film, whose plot begins in 1954, tells the story of two characters, Thebti and Lucien, “the fellaga and the colonist”, a story of crossed destinies. “After having engaged in a fight to the death, after having both traveled a long path of embers, (they) finally find themselves face to face and above all each face to themselves”.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Ahmed RachediDirector
- Mohamed MaarfiaWriter
Cast
- Antar HellalCast
- Bahia RachediCast
- Youcef SehairiCast
- Hassan KachachCast
- Philippe CaulierCast
- Bonnafet TarbouriechCast
- Michel DervilleCast
- Stéphanie SieberingCast
- Jean-Christophe RauzyCast
- Élise HobbéCast
Stills
Themes
guerrilla warfarealgeriafrench colonialismalgerian war (1954-62)anti-colonialismdjazairliberation war