Algeria's Bloody Years
2002, French. Directed by Malek Bensmaïl & Patrice Barrat & Thierry Leclère.
Documentary series in two parts: 1. A people without a voice (80'), 2. A land in mourning (78'). Part 1: A people without a voice: October 88, the Algerian Republic is faltering, the film goes back to the sources of this tragedy and explains how the face to face between the Islamists and those in power began. The interruption of the legislative elections of December 91, followed shortly after the assassination of President Boudiaf in June 92, plunged Algeria into chaos. Part 2: A land in mourning: the cycle of violence that leads to massacres and the economic and geopolitical underside of the war. More than 100,000 deaths, an incredible degree of barbarity, massacres, apparently incomprehensible... Behind the official window of power and its artificial political scene, hides a shadow power.
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Malek BensmaïlDirector
- Patrice BarratDirector
- Thierry LeclèreDirector
- Chadli BendjedidSelf (archive footage)
- Mohamed BoudiafSelf (archive footage)
- Houari BoumédièneSelf (archive footage)
- Abdelaziz BouteflikaSelf (archive footage)
- Ali DilemSelf
- Boudjemaâ KarècheSelf
- Ali HarounSelf
- Hubert VédrineSelf
- Mostafa BrahamiSelf
- Rachid BenyellesSelf
- Khaled NezzarSelf
- Ahmed Taleb IbrahimiSelf
Details
- Released
- 1 January 2002
- Original title
- Algérie(s)
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Patrice Barrat, Thierry Leclère, Malek Bensmaïl
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Algeria's Bloody Years runs 158 minutes (2h 38m).
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Algeria's Bloody Years isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2002. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Algeria's Bloody Years?
Algeria's Bloody Years (2002) was directed by Malek Bensmaïl and Patrice Barrat and Thierry Leclère and stars Chadli Bendjedid, Mohamed Boudiaf, Houari Boumédiène.