The Uprooted

Name: The Uprooted
Released: 1977

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WarDramaEmotional DepthPhilosophicalCult Classic

Why Watch

A War, Drama pick with emotionally resonant storytelling — Filmistani Score 67.

Synopsis

In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...