The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
The Battle of Algiers
Before the film, we invite you to an introduction by Michał Oleszczyk, and after the screening there will be a discussion.
Algeria gained independence from France in 1962, and this red-hot political thriller premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1966, not only changing the language of film storytelling about recent historical events, but also inspiring dozens of imitations (most recently, Paul Thomas Anderson paid tribute to it in There Will Be Blood).
Filmed entirely in a raw, pseudo-documentary style on black-and-white film (without the use of archival footage) and financed by Algerians, the Italian filmmaker's film was long banned in France, which was unable to part with its colonial heritage.
The story is told in multiple threads, with almost all the roles played by non-professional actors (sometimes repeating their real actions as fighters for the independence of their homeland), and the individual hero is replaced by a collective hero, namely the Algerian people as such.
Ennio Morricone's musical score deserves special attention – it is one of the most minimalist and at the same time poignant in his entire career.
Filmed entirely in a raw, pseudo-documentary style on black-and-white film (without the use of archival footage) and financed by Algerians, the Italian filmmaker's film was long banned in France, which was unable to part with its colonial heritage.
The story is told in multiple threads, with almost all the roles played by non-professional actors (sometimes repeating their real actions as fighters for the independence of their homeland), and the individual hero is replaced by a collective hero, namely the Algerian people as such.
Ennio Morricone's musical score deserves special attention – it is one of the most minimalist and at the same time poignant in his entire career.
[Michał Oleszczyk]