
A meticulous chronicle of the evolution of the Algerian national movement from 1939 until the outbreak of the revolution on November 1, 1954, the film unequivocally demonstrates that the "Algerian War" is not an accident of history, but a slow process of suffering and warlike revolts, uninterrupted, from the start of colonization in 1830, until this "Red All Saints' Day" of November 1, 1954. At its center, Ahmed gradually awakens to political awareness against colonization, under the gaze of his son, a symbol of the new Algeria, and that of Miloud, half-mad haranguer, half-prophet, incarnation of Popular memory of the revolt, the liberation of Algeria and its people.

Yorgo Voyagis
Ahmed

Leila Shenna
L'Épouse d'Ahmed

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Miloud, Le conteur

Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
L'ami

Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Slimane

Yahia Benmabrouk
Kouider

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Sid Ali Kouiret

Nadia Talbi

Areski Nebti

François Maistre
Le contremaître de la carrière

Pépé le Moko
Pépé le Moko

Bullets And Blueberries
Bullets And Blueberries

Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown
Prince Consorts: In the Shadow of the Crown

Inside Gaza
Inside Gaza

Battle of the Commandos
Battle of the Commandos

Hope
Hope

The Outlaws
The Outlaws

Heaven & Earth
Heaven & Earth

Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Dark Night, October 17, 1961

Final Round
Final Round

To Be Twenty in the Aures
To Be Twenty in the Aures

Kaddour à Paris
Kaddour à Paris