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Outside the Law

Three brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs.

This feels like Chicago ...

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

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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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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.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarKirk Honeycutt	10
Die BurgerPaul Boekkooi	10
International Media
Box Office (USA)Richard Mowe	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
Metacritic.com14 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com38 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	15
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics	13
Internet (IMDB)1239 Netizens	13

Average .. 64%	13

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