The Olive Trees of Justice

Name: The Olive Trees of Justice
Genre: Drama
Released: May 4, 1967
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Boralfa, Huguette Poggi, Jean Pélégri, Kaoudoune, Marie Decaître

1967

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 4, 1967 | Not Rated

Starring: Boralfa, Huguette Poggi, Jean Pélégri, Kaoudoune, Marie Decaître, Marie Delaître, Mathilde Gau, Mohamed Bennour, Pierre Prothon, Said Achaibou

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The Olive Trees Of Justice holds the dual distinctions of being the only French film to have been shot during the Algerian War, and to have been the inaugural winner of the Critics prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.

Summary: Filmed in Algiers and the surrounding countryside during the late stages of the Algerian War, under the pretext that it was a documentary about the wine industry, the film depicts the Algerian struggle for independence from the French by concentrating on a young “pied-noir” (Frenchman of Algerian descent) who returns to Algiers to visit hisFilmed in Algiers and the surrounding countryside during the late stages of the Algerian War, under the pretext that it was a documentary about the wine industry, the film depicts the Algerian struggle for independence from the French by concentrating on a young “pied-noir” (Frenchman of Algerian descent) who returns to Algiers to visit his dying father. His memories of boyhood on his father's farm are told in flashbacks with a lush serenity that contrasts to the teeming, tank-filled streets of contemporary Algiers.… Expand

Director: James Blue

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Howard Thompson

What has emerged is not a towering film, nor a definitive war drama, but an extremely good one with real people, French and Algerian, dark and light. Read full review

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It is propaganda, or was once, but it is so well done that it is chiefly propaganda for the human race. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

The Olive Trees of Justice is languid but never feels slow. It tells a story but not really with words and dialogue. And it traffics in sentiment without getting lost in sentimentality. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Overly sentimental, but with its heart in the right place, THE OLIVE TREES OF JUSTICE tells the story of Prothon, a Parisian who returns to Algiers (he was raised there) during the war of independence to be with his dying father. Read full review

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