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May 20, 2022 · The latest Maghrebin-themed film by the Moroccan-born French director – following La Trahison, Fatima and 2018’s Amin – Harkis is a narratively and artistically pared-down war story which ...
Harkis Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Alex Heeney Seventh Row. In Philippe Faucon’s film Les Harkis, set in the final years of the Algerian War of...
Harki (adjective from the Algerian Arabic " ḥarka ", standard Arabic " ḥaraka " [حركة], "war party" or "movement", i.e., a group of volunteers, especially soldiers) is the generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War from 1954 to 1962. The word sometimes applies to all ...
During the Algerian War (1954-1962), many impoverished young Algerian men, known as "Harkis", volunteered to join the French Army. Salah and Kaddour find themselves under the orders of Lieutenant...
- Philippe Faucon
- History, Drama, War
- Théo Cholbi
Reviews. “This is an extraordinary book written with great tact and delicacy on the complex weaving of themes of violence, betrayal, grief, and inheritance of responsibility in the worlds of the Harkis who find themselves on the wrong side of history.
Jul 1, 2012 · For half a century, doubly isolated, despised by Algerians and often shunned by the French, the Harkis have been the most emblematic victims of the aftermath of French colonialism.
