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.
Cast
Yorgo Voyagis
Ahmed
Leila Shenna
L'Épouse d'Ahmed
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Miloud, Le conteur
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
L'ami
Sissani (Mohamed Djediat)
Unknown
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Slimane
Yahia Benmabrouk
Kouider
Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)
Unknown
Sid Ali Kouiret
Unknown
Nadia Talbi
Unknown
Areski Nebti
Unknown
François Maistre
Le contremaître de la carrière
Brahim Hadjadj
Unknown
Taha El-Amiri
Unknown
Crew
Pierluigi Scarpantonio
Audio Post Coordinator
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Director, Writer, Producer, Camera Operator
Rachid Boudjedra
Writer
Tewfik Farès
Writer
Youcef Tobni
Editor
Hamid Djellouli
Assistant Editor
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography
Abderrahmane Bouguermouh
First Assistant Director
Areski Nebti
Second Assistant Director
Mahmoud Haddidouche
Head of Production
Ahmed Benarous
Assistant Camera
Mustapha Belmihoub
Assistant Camera
Ivo Spila
Assistant Camera
Mohamed Bouzit
Costume Design
Manlio Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Vartan Karakeusian
Sound Engineer
Aldo Carocci
Chief Lighting Technician
Philippe Arthuys
Music
Hassen Soufi
Set Decoration
Sergio Strizzi
Still Photographer
Jean-Claude Reux
Electrician
Rachid Lakhdar-Hamina
Electrician
Nadia Talbi
Continuity
Anita Strizzi
Continuity
Mustapha Chefaï
Key Grip
Pierre Gout
Production Manager
Alberto Anzellotti
Key Grip Production Assistant
