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Opium and the Stick (1969) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1969 · 137 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Ahmed Rachedi
- Starring
- Brahim Hadjadj, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-José Nat, Larbi Zekkal, Kaci Ksentini, Sid Ali Kouiret
In 1950 a Kabylian village under French occupation. Bachir returns from Algiers to find brothers divided: Ali joins the ALN, while elder Belaïd supports French Algeria. Bachir confronts a French army spreading disinformation as villagers rally to the FLN, homes burning. The film adapts Mouloud Mammeri’s novel Opium and Stick, dubbed in Tamazight.
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