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Chronicle of the Years of Fire
original film posterDirected by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Written by Rachid Boudjedra
Tewfik Fares
Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaStarring Yorgo Voyagis
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Leila ShennaCinematography Marcello Gatti Distributed by Arab Film Distribution Release date(s) 26 November 1975 Running time 177 min. Country Algeria Language Arabic
FrenchChronicle of the Years of Fire (Arabic: وقائع سنين الجمر, translit. Chronique des Années de Braise) is a 1975 film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. It depicts the Algerian War of Independence as seen through the eyes of a peasant.
The film won the Palme d'Or prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Yorgo Voyagis - Ahmed
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina - Le conteur fou
- Leila Shenna - La femme
- Cheikh Nourredine - L'ami
- François Maistre - Le contremaître de la carrière
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Chronicle of the Years of Fire". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2162/year/1975.html. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
External links
Palme d'Or winning films – 1960–1979 La Dolce Vita (1960) · The Long Absence (1961) · Viridiana (1961) · O Pagador de Promessas (1962) · The Leopard (1963) · The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) · The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) · A Man and a Woman (1966) · The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) · Blowup (1967) · if.... (1969) · MASH (1970) · The Go-Between (1971) · The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1972) · The Mattei Affair (1972) · The Hireling (1973) · Scarecrow (1973) · The Conversation (1974) · Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) · Taxi Driver (1976) · Padre Padrone (1977) · The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) · Apocalypse Now (1979) · The Tin Drum (1979)
Categories:- 1975 films
- Algerian films
- Palme d'Or winners
- Arabic-language films
- French-language films
- War drama films
- Algerian War films
- 1970s drama films
- Films directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- African film stubs
- Algeria stubs
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