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Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)178 minDrama, HistoryRating 53/100

With this landmark epic, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina became the first—and remains the only—African director to win the Palme d’Or. Fueled by colonial violence inflicted on Algerian soil and its people, revolutionary fervor is depicted not as a singular blaze, but a roaring inferno of collective rage.

Cast: Yorgo Voyagis, Leila Shenna, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine), Sissani (Mohamed Djediat), Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Yahia Benmabrouk

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina