Outside the Law

Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.

This historical drama takes a look at Algeria's fight for independence from France, through the eyes of three brothers. After having their land stolen from them, they move to France, where they each follow very different life paths. After a few years, they rejoin to fight for Algerian independence, bringing their life experiences and talents to bear on the problem. The film ends in 1962 when Algeria achieved freedom. In French language with English subtitles.

135 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence).
Crime, Drama, Period piece, War, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa, Bernard Blancan, Sabrina Seyvecou
Director	Rachid Bouchareb
Screenplay	Rachid Boucharreb
Music	Armand Amar
Cinematography	Christophe Beaucarne
Editing	Yannick Kergoat
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2010
Produced by	A consortium of European companies

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, bloody, gory, graphic, moderate to strong
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Very mild alcohol and tobacco
Comments	Very intense movie dealing with the resistance movemnt in Algeria, fighting for independence. Intense scenes of threat and menace.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Kirk Honeycutt Absorbing look at liberation	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Kolonialisme se invloed strek ver	10
Box Office Richard Mowe Outside the Law is epic in scale and comparable in tone and scope to other crime sagas like The Untouchables or Once Upon a Time in America, as such it could well break out of its arthouse confines. It has the added honor of being Algeria's Oscar contender in the best foreign language category.	15
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The film is very well made. The actors create individual characters, within the limitations of what is essentially a formula.	15
Metacritic.com 14 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 38 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	15
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
What the People say
Internet 1239 Netizens	13
Average .. 64%	13