Fighting Opium

Fighting Opium
  • 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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