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05-23-2010, 02:05 AM
France’s post-colonial war in Algeria left such a bitter legacy that remarkably few films have been made on the subject. In a rare foray, "Outside of the Law" by Rachid Bouchareb, has drawn angry accusations of "falsifying history".
Riot police were mobilised Friday to the glitzy Cannes waterfront after a film dealing with France’s war in Algeria drew crowds of angry demonstrators.
“Outside of the Law”, which explores this painful chapter of France’s post-war history, has led to claims by some French groups that director Rachid Bouchareb “falsified history”.
Bouchareb also directed the 2006 film “Days of Glory” (Indigènes), which deals with the (often shameful) treatment of Algerian soldiers fighting for France during the Second World War. The film prompted then-president Jacques Chirac to order that such soldiers get the same pensions as French ones.
The film has provoked huge controversy particularly because of its opening scene, which depicts a massacre in the town of Setif in 1945.
French historians estimate that some 15,000 Algerians were killed in Setif when French troops opened fire on a pro-independence rally. Their Algerian counterparts put the figure as high as 45,000. More than 100 Europeans also died.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100522-algeria-independence-film-bouchareb-outside-law-reopens-wounds-cannes-demonstrations
Riot police were mobilised Friday to the glitzy Cannes waterfront after a film dealing with France’s war in Algeria drew crowds of angry demonstrators.
“Outside of the Law”, which explores this painful chapter of France’s post-war history, has led to claims by some French groups that director Rachid Bouchareb “falsified history”.
Bouchareb also directed the 2006 film “Days of Glory” (Indigènes), which deals with the (often shameful) treatment of Algerian soldiers fighting for France during the Second World War. The film prompted then-president Jacques Chirac to order that such soldiers get the same pensions as French ones.
The film has provoked huge controversy particularly because of its opening scene, which depicts a massacre in the town of Setif in 1945.
French historians estimate that some 15,000 Algerians were killed in Setif when French troops opened fire on a pro-independence rally. Their Algerian counterparts put the figure as high as 45,000. More than 100 Europeans also died.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100522-algeria-independence-film-bouchareb-outside-law-reopens-wounds-cannes-demonstrations