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Chronicle of the Years of Fire is a Algérien film of genre Drama directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina with Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
وقائع سنين الجمر
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Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
OriginAlgerie
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Rating73%
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Arabic: وقائع سنين الجمر, translit. Chronique des Années de Braise) is a 1975 Algerian 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. It was also selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Les Années de Cendre Les Années de BraiseActors
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
(Miloud, Le conteur)
Leila Shenna
(L'Épouse d'Ahmed)
Henri Czarniak
Yorgo Voyagis
(Ahmed)
François Maistre
(Le contremaître de la carrière)
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