第二次世界大戦中、元フランス抵抗運動の戦士であった空挺部隊指揮官マチュー大佐は、アルジェリア戦争における蜂起鎮圧の強化のため、アルジェリアに派遣される。そこで彼は、かつて軽犯罪を犯したアリ・ラ・ポワントと対峙する。ラ・ポワントはアルジェリア解放戦線の指導者として、植民地フランス政府占領に対するテロ戦略を指揮していた。両陣営がますます残虐行為をエスカレートさせる中、いかなる暴力行為も考えられないわけではない。
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監督: Gillo Pontecorvo
脚本: Gillo Pontecorvo / Franco Solinas
音楽: エンニオ・モリコーネ / Gillo Pontecorvo
制作: Saadi Yacef / Fred Baker / Antonio Musu
撮影監督: Marcello Gatti
制作会社: Igor Film / Casbah Film
It's the mid 1950s and the population of Algeria are increasingly determined to break free from the colonial administration of France. From one perspective it's a fight for freedom, from the other a response to dangerous insurrectionism. What makes this drama stand out is the degree of impartiality with which it depicts the story. The French are still licking their wounds after leaving their Indo-Chinese empire and are desperate to avoid another defeat here. The local population are poorly educated and hopelessly outgunned but have the advantage of mobility and surprise as they seek to emulate their Oriental contemporaries. Neither side shies away from acts of brutality and that's depicted poignantly here with anyone in uniform a target for the rebels and any one at all a target by way of response. It has the feel of a docu-drama to it, with the characterisations of "La Ponte" (Brahim Hadjadj) and "Col. Mathieu" (Jean Martin) acting well as a conduit for both sides of a story that saw losers on every side and tested the humanity of each as any semblance of decency or a code of war went swiftly by the board. It's not just both sides here that are exposed to judgment, but the pretty hapless UN doesn't really come off any better (perhaps restricted by a potential French veto?). The photography and visual effects are very effective at presenting us with a largely urban war zone in which collateral damage was inevitable, and seemingly a price both parties were prepared to pay. The history of the scenario and it's results are fact, but Gillo Pontecorvo uses quite a considerable degree of creativity and sensitivity in demonstrating just how desperate times can result in desperate measures - and maybe even a little grudging respect. At times, the violence is claustrophobically presented and it's never an easy watch.
