Year: 1972
Runtime: 100 mins
Language: French
Director: René Vautier
A cohort of rebellious, pacifist Breton soldiers is deployed to Algeria, where the brutal realities of conflict slowly transform them into hardened combatants. One refuses to become a killer, deserts his unit and smuggles an FLN prisoner destined for execution the next day. The film won the International Critics Prize at Cannes in 1972 and was restored in 2012.
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