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Series
Criterion collection volume 249
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the harrowing events of the tumultuous Algerian uprising of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence ... The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom in Ireland in 1920. As the Irish freedom fighters' bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side find themselves pitted...
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