Fighting Opium

IMDb link: 0328223
IMDb rating: 7.4 (134 votes)
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Director: Ahmed Rachedi
Cast: Mustapha Kateb, Rouiched, Mahieddine Bachtarzi, Sid Ali Kouiret and others

Release year: 1973
Runtime: 135 minutes
Country: Algeria
Keywords: fight for freedom, algerian flag, war crime, civilian bombing, enemies become friends, algeria, based on novel, independence, struggle against oppression, revolution, L'opium et le baton

Plot:

An Algerian doctor decides to leave the troubles in Algiers and goes back to his hometown, a small village lost in the mountains. There, however, the situation is explosive as well, as the guerrilla is active and the French military has to keep a close watch on the locals.

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