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Autumn, October In Algiers

Autumn, October In Algiers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1993

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama

User Score

85%

Original Title

Automne, Octobre À Alger

Production Companies

Djanet Production, S.I.A (DZ), France 3 Cinéma, Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA), Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV), Canal+, CNC

Director

Malik Lakhdar-Hamina

Description

The story of a family in the instability and violence that shook Algeria during the riots of October 1988 in the midst of the rise of fundamentalism and intolerance, disappointments and prohibitions, corruption, nepotism and abuse of power. On October 5, 1988, young Algerians occupied the streets... Afterwards, Algeria would plunge into the chaos of the Black Decade which would last more than ten years and leave more than 150,000 dead.