Outside the Law Page #3

Synopsis: After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Director(s): Rachid Bouchareb
Production: Independent Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
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Year:
2010
138 min
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of the cabaret.

-I want half.

-Half?

-Yes.

-Which half?

-What?

-Are you really serious?

And how am I supposed to live?

-Said?

There's no discussion.

I said half.

You, advance.

-Mom, do me a favour.

Agree to see Said, he needs it.

-I don't want that.

-Don't be stubborn.

It's your son. He's changed.

-Take care of your wife instead.

She will give birth soon.

-It's Omar who stole

the contributions.

-He has children.

A warning...

No, no and no!

Discipline.

No warning!

-When i was a prisoner,

I thought

that if I got out,

I would never kill again.

-It only takes one disobedience

or betrayal

-I'm with you.

-I stole to buy a

refrigerator.

It's not for me.

It's for children.

I'll sell it.

It's yours, take it.

-It was me who wanted the fridge.

Forgive him.

I'm begging you.

-Don't be afraid.

-I won't do it again.

Give me a second chance.

I have 3 children.

I won't do it again, I promise you.

-Good morning.

-Good morning.

-Is everything okay?

-Are you alone?

-Yes.

-Come in.

Factories will explode

all over France

at the same time.

Without killing or injuring

a civilian.

Do you understand?

-We will fight France

on its territory.

-He must find weapons

and teach your men to use them.

The French want control.

We have to be ready.

-Organising a zone,

that I can do.

But I don't know anything

about weapons.

-The factory, to you, is over.

And the slums too.

You go into hiding.

I will make you false papers.

-Okay.

-You can go.

-Who's there?

-The white Algerian.

-Come in.

Give me that.

That's 25 million.

Be careful.

There. Hold.

I'll accompany you.

-Thanks.

-It that a French serving

the revolution?

-Go ahead.

-That she drinks anything.

-Close the door.

Wait.

Go ahead.

-It could be something else...

-It's a matter of Algerians.

It's their revolution.

-I want to be involved more.

-We do what they ask us to do.

That was fast.

The money goes to

Switzerland tonight.

-Messaoud, my brother!

Welcome.

So, are you all right?

-Yes, all right.

-Come on.

Make yourself comfortable.

-Request the envelope from Vincent.

-Yes.

So what do you say?

Account.

-Okay.

-Listen...

I've called it "The Casbah".

-It's not a place for you.

-You want to see my real place?

It's through there.

You'll see.

Welcome.

You have gained weight.

I don't recognise you anymore.

I took it out of the street.

Him

this is my future.

I found him in the slum.

One day this guy ..

He will be champion. You'll see!

-What's his name?

-I don't know yet.

I haven't found out.

He's the first Algerian who will knock out

the whites and blacks.

If God wills it.

If God wills it. What do you think?

-It's Said.

I'm proud of you.

Messaoud

Forget the war.

Come work with me.

-I must go.

Said?

No Smoking.

You know it's

prohibited.

Messaoud!

Where are you going with this war?

What did you watch me? Boxing!

And you want my picture?

Boxing or leaving!

-I leave you all l.

Here, the key.

You can come to the show

tonight or tomorrow.

-All my time is taken.

You can leave.

I'll come back.

- Returning to France and Paris

where there have been reported

a series of attacks.

- These events are irrefutable

proof

the FLN was able to create in France

an organization to carry

out terrorist acts.

The FLN, with raging despair,

attempts to halt the

peace in Algeria.

The government must take

the measure of risk

that the fanatics pose

to the French territory.

For Algiers, these attacks

are related to the referendum.

The spokesman Gal Salan

declared yesterday:

-We can't hope

for one thing.

-That the police have sufficient

resources to cope.-

And this, Mr. Papon

will report in

-Paris is talking

about-, 19 h 15,

and the log 20 h.

-What do you know about

the attacks?

Huh?

Nothing, of course.

The FLN, you know?

The poor workers like you

know anything.

Where's Mustapha?

I want to speak with both of them.

Can you swim?

Can you swim?

-The repression prevents

our operation.

The police will end up

in the organization.

We must react quickly.

Eliminate the cops who torture.

Maintain the initiative, strike

up what the enemy

is on the nerves.

For every blow received,

we will deliver ten.

Your men are ready?

Yes.

If you kill police officers, the

repression will be terrible.

-Our violence will

be profitable.

We must infiltrate the police.

Of Algerians with important

positions.

Look, here's a list of names.

I will travel.

Cairo, Tunis, Morocco.

You'll replace me.

You shall take

your orders in Germany.

You'll be the height.

-I will, inch'alla.

I know I will not see the

Independent Appraisal.

But I would sacrifice my life.

Salaam.

-There he is.

Look.

That's the commissioner, he kills

and tortures our activists.

It's impossible to kill

him in the street.

It's risky for civilians.

Must enter the office. How?

-Look.

The Algerians.

Those who did the

war in Indochina.

Him, I knew well.

Otmani Yasser.

We were prisoners

together.

He owes me life.

Really?

We'll contact him.

-Look Daddy, look.

Your name's Otmani-Yasser,

not Alain.

You are Algerian.

You're a police officer.

-Where are you from?

What do you want?

-Listen.

If the French arrest you, they'll

put you in jail.

They will kill you maybe.

But not your wife

or your children.

The revolution needs you.

You have always been a traitor.

Today, I have come to

give you a chance.

Think carefully.

-Go on, push.

-Courage, pray to God.

-Go on, push.

Courage, fear not.

-What is it?

A boy.

-I'm not going home.

I cannot see my wife.

I have no life.

I'm lost.

-I warned you:
no family.

-You, you feel nothing.

Nothing.

You have no feeling.

Where is our conscience?

Our soul?

Abdelkader... Our soul.

Today is Said's fight.

We gotta go.

-I have to work.

-You're coming.

Why doesn't he leave the left side?

You're the champion.

Scrap his mouth!

Who's the champion?

Good!

-Out!

-It is the greatest

champion of all!

-That's when your next game?

-The next fight, the

championship of France!

The championship of France!

Said

Your boxer

he will not make the

championship.

-Is that a joke?

-He will not box

for the enemy.

-Are you crazy?

He lost his head or what?

-Wait.

First, we take care

of our revolution.

Boxing, afterwards.

-The revolution, I serve too.

If he wins, then Algeria wins.

Imagine, an Algerian

France champion!

This will be a great day. -No!

When an Algerian will be champion

it shall be for Algeria.

-Your boxer should

fight for Algeria.

-Let the sport out of it!

-No personal passions!

The whole person must

be devoted to the party!

The cause is just!

Get it?

Why are you yelling?

This fight, I will.

Tell your party.

You've taken everything.

Boxing is my pride.

-That is treason!

-Listen,

I will no longer be the shame

of my mother.

Nobody can stop me.

Messaoud, nobody can stop me.

Said, it's an order.

If he fights for the

enemy, he's a traitor.

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Rachid Bouchareb

Rachid Bouchareb (born September 1, 1953) is an Algerian film director. From 1977 to 1983, he worked as an assistant director for France’s state television production company, Société française de production (S. F. P). Subsequently, he worked for broadcasters TF1 and Antenne 2. He formed a production company called 3B with his associate Jean Bréhat in 1988. Bouchareb began making short films in the 1980s. His featured film debut came in 1985 with Bâton Rouge. Since then his acclaimed films have included Poussières de vie (Dust of Life) (which received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995); Little Senegal in 2001, as well as Two Men in Town in 2014 were both shown in the competition at the Berlin Film Festival; and Days of Glory, which received the Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 2006 and also won prizes at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Bouchareb's films have a following amongst international cineastes. His film, Hors-la-loi, competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May. It was the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and was one of the five final nominees. more…

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