Noureddine Brahimi
Actor · Algiers, Algeria
Noureddine Brahimi (نور الدين براهيمي) is an Algerian production director and actor. He began his film career in the film "The Battle of Algiers" in 1966 as production director in the company Casbah Film created for the occasion by Yacef Saâdi, co-producer of the film. One of the roles did not appear on the day of filming a wedding scene in the Casbah, he replaced it at short notice in the role of an FLN administrator responsible for recording the marriage. The role of the newlywed is played by his brother Abderrahmane Brahimi. In 1957, in Algeria, the people, supported by the FLN, revolted against the French occupiers. On both sides, extreme methods are used: torture by the French army and terrorism by the Algerians revolting against the power in place. The war will spare no one. In the Casbah district of Algiers, a former delinquent, Ali La Pointe, refuses to stop the fight, even when the situation seems desperate. For his part, Colonel Mathieu tries as best he can to carry out his mission, even if it means using drastic means... The film was nominated 3 times for the Oscars and was awarded the Golden Lion at the Mostra de Venice 1966.
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Movie7.9DramaWarParatrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Movie7.2DocumentaryTo commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Saadi Yacef, who discuss the process of representing Algeria's struggle for independence and the challenges of presenting a balanced view of the conflict.
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2004 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryCheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
2018 · 1 votes