Le Cri des hommes

A Feature film of

Okacha Touita

Produced by

Les Films du Phoenix

Production year1999

French release01/12/1999

Runtime1 h 40 min

Synopsis

1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions. Two policemen, one local (Iklef) and the other of Italian origin (Rubio), have woven a tight professional relationship in the preceding two decades but it unravels in the face of events and the missions they are assigned.

Credits

Director (1)

Okacha Touita
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Les Films du Phoenix

Co-productions : World Films Company, Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA)

French distribution : Les Films du Phoenix

Full credits (11)

Executive Producers : Kamel Hassen-Khodja, Franc Marre, Mohamed Saim

Screenwriters : Okacha Touita, Mohamed Bouchibi

Directors of Photography : Allal Yahyaoui, Allel Yahiaoui

Music Composer : Rachid Bahri

Editor : Mina Chouikh

Sound recordists : Jean-Jacques Ferran, Camille Mestre-Mel

Costume designers : Nadia Danielle Mesmoudi, Abdelhalim Rahmouni

Sound Assistant : Laurent Zeilig

Press Attaché (film) : Akinhola Wazi

Production Designer : Mohamed Oulhaci

Sound Mixer : Bruno Lecoeur

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Technical details

Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : Arabic
Coproducer countries : Algeria, France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Minority French (Algeria, France)
Production year : 1999
French release : 01/12/1999
Runtime : 1 h 40 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 70.984
Visa issue date : 26/08/1999
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color

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About

The Algerian War has inspired so few films that we must be magnanimous toward Okacha Touita's film. The film-maker raises a case of conscience in a society confronted with the tragic imminence of its own chaos. "Le Cri des hommes" projects a strong sense of conviction due to the fact that it was made in precarious circumstances, begun in 1990 and censured until now. It is a militant film, with all the passion and combativeness that implies. This tortured work should be seen both as a civic duty and a public record.

Jean-Philippe Guerand – "Le Nouveau Cinéma," December 1999