Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Cinematic Siblings)

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr/Chronique des années de braise Algérie 1975 | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | vostEN | 177’ | digital | Cast :Yorgo Voyagis, Larbi Zekkal, Cheikh Nourredine, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

► Palme d’or, Cannes 1975

► 4K Restoration.. Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna.

Spanning the late 1930s to the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence in 1954, the film unfolds in six chapters, each marking a stage in Algeria’s path toward revolution. At its center is Ahmed, a poor farmer whose life becomes entwined with the growing nationalist movement. What begins as a portrait of modest rural life gradually expands into an epic chronicle of political awakening, capturing how individual grievances coalesce into a collective consciousness and, ultimately, a movement for liberation.

« Here's cinema as a history painting, as epic as Bertolucci's 1900. If our movie memories weren't so Hollywood-skewed, we'd think of it as a classic. » (Mark Cousins)