Outside the Law Page #4

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
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
UNRATED
Year:
2010
138 min
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-I do my fighting.

Do as you want.

Said, what is he worth, the kid from Algier

if he has no hands?

Or eyes.

You understand that?

-Go ahead, kill your brother.

Kill me if you're a man.

I will make my fight.

-As you wish.

You're crazy.

You're crazy!

-If it continues, I can not

do anything for him.

The revolution is a bulldozer.

It destroys everything

-How are you going to condemn?

-He disobeyed orders.

Brother or not

-I'll come home.

-You don't stop.

You shall not kill my brother.

Nobody shall!

Or,

shoot, my brother. Shoot!

What happened to you?

You lost the head.

-Thank you for all this.

This evening, you'll

invite me to dinner.

-I'm sorry, I can't.

You have to.

Otherwise, I'll stop delivering

the bags of money.

-Thanks.

Forget the revolution

for an evening.

-Here.

My brother is coming.

Slow

Why are not you married?

-I have not met my soul mate.

-That's my brother.

You have to go.

Who's that? -Messaoud.

-Goodbye.

-A blonde?

What will others say?

-There's nothing between

her and me.

Look.

Otmani gave me the

plan of the office.

I also have invitations.

-That's good.

You should take this.

It is loaded.

There are 5 rounds.

Release the safety clutch.

Good.

-Invitation?

Here.

Lift your arms.

First floor. Wait there.

Commissioner Picot?

-What do you want?

No, stop!

Give me that.

Go!

-Stop!

-Go! Go!

-They had false papers.

Those who make them, they are connate.

The network.

-What are you doing?

-I was worried.

-Worried about what?

Please don't come here anymore.

Don't come here!

It can be dangerous!

Don't come anymore!

- "Long live the union

for peace in Algeria."

French Communist Party.

You have not changed.

Paris without the Krauts.

-What are you doing, except

smashing doors

of honest citizens?

-I am still myself. For France.

Colonel! It has been found!

-Good job.

Thanks, you may remember.

-Bush! We have enough. Go.

We must identify with this man.

This time we take something.

We have a face. Need a name.

Souni-Abdelkader, arrested

8 May 1945 in Stif.

-It is indeed the same.

He received his education in prison.

Hideouts identified.

On surveillance.

I want people to get their

hands on this Abdelkader.

-He grew up.

He's a little man.

He walks.

Thank God.

-For him, I did a lot.

Good-night.

Oh! Officers,

good evening.

How you doing?

-You recognise this?

Your name's Souni.

You got friends in FLN?

Republic-Franaise.

I don't know.

-You don't know.

No, Mr. Inspector.

I don't know the FLN.

I own a proper business.

-You'll close. Security problems.

-Son of a b*tch.

-What are we gonna do?

-We'll close, my boy Vincent.

We'll close.

-Ladies and gentlemen, we shut

down for security reasons.

Drinks will be offered.

-If you change your

mind, alright.

-A cop called Faivre came

to close the cabaret.

Beware of him.

He has your picture, Abdelkader.

Don't come over to my home anymore.

Is that clear?

Neither one nor the other.

As they say here: I'm not playing anymore.

-Wait.

Faivre-

I know a Faivre.

Colonel Faivre.

From Dien Bien Phu.

Colonel?

Do you remember me?

2nd Class Souni,

Algerians sharpshooters,

Dien Bien Phu.

Camp 1 1 3, remember?

Get in the car.

-Tell me, Colonel,

are you ashamed of what you did?

-No.

-I've invited you here to give you

a chance to redeem yourself.

-I'm pleased to see you.

A man without reproach.

The assassinated cops

had no family?

-I serve a just cause.

-Me too.

I am fighting for France.

She has to stay an empire

in order to exist.

De Gaulle said that.

Me too, I'm a Gaullist.

How about if I told

you it were justified

that French are silenced

by Algerians?

Replace Algerians and French with

French and Germans

and it is 1941.

You're on the wrong side.

Unlike 10 years ago.

-You would have been a good resistance.

I wish I would've had you.

-You could give me information

on the minister's instructions.

The resistance fighters now have

all the honour.

-It's not the same war.

There is a history between

France and Algeria.

- Algerian workers were federated

because a whole nation is angry.

For nothing, you think?

-Give us a little time.

The Algerians will become citizens.

-Progress is a war.

You can again be a

hero, not a loser.

-We are the same.

Yes. We are sacrifices, Faivre.

But you, the past.

Colonel

Colonel.

-One must fight terrorism

with its own weapons.

For this, we will create

a secret organization

which will take the appearance of

a criminal organization.

The Minister of Justice

and the prefect

guarantee us immunity

in our actions.

It will be called

The Red Hand.

Its objective:

terrorize supporters of the FLN

and kill its leaders.

-They want us to fit

into their game

We will respond.

We will respond.

Mom...

-Don 't be afraid.

-It's an early stage tuberculosis.

-This disease will not kill me.

Not in this country.

Soon, I will get better.

Don't worry.

Don't worry.

Champion of the world. What?

-World Champion!

-The other one doesn't know boxing.

Let him come. Then hit.

How can I make one out of you?

Tell me!

Has he worked on his dodges?

-Yes.

He made you work on your dodging?

He's working on his dodges!

Yes

Yes, that's fine.

Listen

Very important.

I want to invest everything I have

in a high level match.

First, he wins in France,

then in Europe and

and then America.

He'll write history,

you'll see.

Hurry up.

Go!

-Stop!

-What is it?

-Go!

-That's enough!

Lift!

-A unit of Harkis

liquidated...

The apartments are being monitored?

Yes.

-He's hosted somewhere.

We'll double the surveillance.

Him we will have, but we'll

lose the war.

They will win.

-Messaoud, my son,

here's my last will.

There is a bit of our land.

If we return to Algeria,

we'll plant a vineyard.

If I die before,

place it like this on my cheek.

You will not forget?

-Don't worry.

We're going home.

Mom.

-Yes.

-I don't want to lie to you.

I killed people.

I killed many.

With these hands.

I've strangled...

Mom. I've strangled.

I was forced to do so.

God is my witness.

So my son can have a better life.

Everything I've done, I've done for him.

Everything for him.

For a long time, I've known

nothing but death.

I know nothing but death.

Forgive me, mom.

Yes?

Good evening. Good evening.

-I'm going to Germany.

You must accompany me.

-When?

-Tonight.

-Okay.

- What we wanted to prove by taking

on these young soldiers?

Heinous crimes

Yes?

- Morvan.

An Algerian has entred the

theater of Helene Legendre.

It's Abdelkader.

-We have them.

Red Hand will take care of them.

-A policy of social democracy

wanted by the government.

That's what's worrying

the separatists.

Pressed to act,

they wanted their bloody night.

And yet

they have only managed to strengthen

our determination.

-Helene! Helene!

-That's good.

Pay him.

MP40-machine guns, 200 units.

Fully revised.

Don't sleep!

Look, take more.

Here. There you go, go!

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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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