"La Battaglia Di Algeri (The Battle of Algeri)" Italian Film Screening with English Subtitles at Italian Centre, Chanakyapuri > 6:30pm on 18th September & 2pm on 21st September 2013

Time : 
18th September : 6:30 pm 
21st September : 2:00 pm

Duration : 121 min. 

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Please carry a valid photo identity card.

Place : Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, 50-E, Chandragupta Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 21
Landmark : Entry from Nyaya Marg
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Area : Chanakyapuri Events

Event Details : Screening of the film 'La Battaglia Di Algeri (The Battle of Algeri)'.
This true-to-life chronicle of the Algerian people’s struggle to overthrow the French Colonial Government in the mid-1950s took "Best Film" honors at the 1966 Venice Film Festival. The bulk of the film is shot in flashback, presented as the memories of Ali, a leading member of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), when finally captured by the French in 1957. Three years earlier, Ali was a petty thief who joined the secretive organization in order to help rid the Casbah of vice associated with the colonial government. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell what soon becomes a nationwide revolt.
Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/battle_of_algiers

Language : Italian with English subtitles

Director : Gillo Pontecorvo

Cast : Yasef Saadi, Jean Martin, Saari Kader, Brahim Haggiag, Ali La Pointe etc.

Year : 1966

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