L'ennemi intime (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Florent Emilio Siri

Writers:

Florent Emilio Siri (adaptation) and
Patrick Rotman (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

3 octobre 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drame | History | War

Plot:

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence. |

Plot Keywords:

Algeria | Cigarette Smoking | Medal | Torture | Shot In The Back

Awards:

4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

BRILLIANT Film-making!

Ensemble

Benoît Magimel	...	Lieutenant Terrien
Albert Dupontel	...	Sergent Dougnac
Aurélien Recoing	...	Commandant Vesoul
Marc Barbé	...	Capitaine Berthaut
Eric Savin	...	Le sergent tortionnaire
Mohamed Fellag	...	Idir Danoun (as Fellag)
Lounès Tazairt	...	Saïd
Abdelhafid Metalsi	...	Rachid
Vincent Rottiers	...	Lefranc
Lounès Machene	...	Amar
Adrien Saint-Joré	...	Lacroix
Guillaume Gouix	...	Delmas
Ange Ruzé	...	Théron
Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem	...	Ouramdam
Antoine Laurent	...	Maheu

Autre(s) titre(s):

Intimate Enemies (Canada: English title)

Durée:

111 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Arabe | Kabyle

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

South Korea:15 (TV rating) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Morocco

Company:

Les Films du Kiosque

Movie Connections:

Version of "L'ennemi Intime" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Le cha cha cha du loup

BRILLIANT Film-making!

This film is nothing short of "brilliant." "L'ennemi Intime" is set in French-occupied Algeria in 1959 at the height of the insurgency. A French platoon is sent deep into enemy territory to find and liquidate the head of the insurgents called Slimane. Lieutenant Terrien, a novice and a humanist, is given charge of the platoon after its commander is accidentally killed by friendly fire. "L'ennemi Intime" is a little bit like "The Battle of Algiers" but set in the mountains of Kabylie (Berber territory in Algeria). I first saw it at the Dubai Film Festival in December 07 and was completely blown away by it. It is so gripping and visceral. The film is an incredible commentary on the inhumanity of war; how not matter how innocent and good one goes to war he is almost certain to become a beast and a murderer in the end. I highly recommend this film. Every soldier who is about to be deployed to a war zone should watch Ennemi Intime. Its simplest message is that war corrupts the human soul and there are no winners once the shooting stops.