The Outlaws

Genres: Drama, Western

Languages: Arabic, French

Year: 1969

Vote: 8

Festival & Award: Cannes - Jury Prize

The Outlaws

The showmakers

Tewfik Farès
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Mohamed Chouikh
Malek Kateb

Overview

In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.

Indie vibes check

The film was independently produced with a limited budget and has an anti-commercial, socio-political message.

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