Chronicle of the Year of Embers
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak of the revolution on November 1, 1954, the film unequivocally demonstrates that the "Algerian War" is not an accident of history, but a slow process of suffering and warlike revolts, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization in 1830, until this "Red All Saints' Day" of November 1, 1954. At its center, Ahmed gradually awakens to political awareness against colonization, under the gaze of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria, and that of Miloud, half-mad haranguer, half-prophet, incarnation of Popular memory of the revolt, the liberation of Algeria and its people.
Cast
Yorgo Voyagis
as Ahmed
Leila Shenna
as L'Épouse d'Ahmed
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
as Miloud, Le conteur
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
as L'ami
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
as
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
as Slimane
Yahia Benmabrouk
as Kouider
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
as
Sid Ali Kouiret
as
Nadia Talbi
as
