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''Outside the Law'' (french: Hors-la-loi, ar, خارجون عن القانون) is a 2010
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directed by
Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb (born 1 September 1953) is a French film director and producer. His films are based on the complex history of France and its relationship with its former colony, Algeria. His films also examine racial discrimination and conflic ...
, starring Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila. The story takes place between 1945 and 1962, and focuses on the lives of three Algerian brothers in
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, set against the backdrop of the Algerian independence movement and the
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. It is a stand-alone follow-up to Bouchareb's 2006 film '' Days of Glory'', which was set during
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. ''Outside the Law'' was a French majority production with co-producers in
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and
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. A historically unorthodox portrayal of the 1945 Sétif massacre sparked a political controversy in France. Reviews of the film compared it to
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and
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, and critics observed how the independence
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were likened to the
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during World War II. ''Outside the Law'' represented Algeria at the
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, where it was nominated for
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.


Cast

* Jamel Debbouze as Saïd * Roschdy Zem as Messaoud * Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader * Chafia Boudraa as The mother *
Bernard Blancan Bernard Blancan (born 9 September 1958) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 85 films and television shows since 1989. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th Ca ...
as Colonel Faivre * Sabrina Seyvecou as Hélène *
Assaad Bouab Assaad Bouab ( ar, أسعد بواب, born July 31, 1980) is a French-Moroccan actor whose first co-starring role was in ''Whatever Lola Wants'', directed by Nabil Ayouch and co-starring Laura Ramsey as Lola. The film premiered on 11 December 20 ...
as Ali *
Thibault de Montalembert Thibault Charles Marie Septime de Montalembert (born 10 February 1962) is a French theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series '' The Tunnel'' (2013–2018) and ''Call My Agent!'' (2015– ...
as Morvan *
Samir Guesmi Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988. Filmography Actor Filmmaker Theatre References External links * 1967 births Living people French male f ...
as Otmani *
Jean-Pierre Lorit Jean-Pierre Lorit (born 29 November 1960) is a French actor. His most recognizable role is in the film '' Three Colors: Red''. In 2005, he performed August Strindberg's ''Créanciers'' directed by Hélène Vincent, with Lambert Wilson and Emma ...
as Picot * Ahmed Benaissa as The father *
Larbi Zekkal Larbi Zekkal (19 May 1934 – 17 September 2010) was an Algerian film actor and comedian. Personal life Larbi Zekkal was born on May 19, 1934, in Algiers, Algeria. He died on September 17, 2010, in Algiers, Algeria at age 76 after falling from hi ...
as The boss * Louiza Nehar as Zohra * Mourad Khen as Sanjak * Mohamed Djouhri as the trainer * Mustapha Bendou as Brahim * Abdelkader Secteur as Hamid *
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as Cabaret employee


Production

''Outside the Law'' was not written as a direct
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to Rachid Bouchareb's 2006 film ''Days of Glory'', about North Africans who fought for France in
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, but shares many of the main actors, and starts at the place in history where the previous film ended. Bouchareb said, "You can't help but associate them, because it's the same
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s who fought for France against
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, a lot of them were the same soldiers that later went on to fight France. So, historically speaking, the same group of people had a lot going on early in their lives. When I was interviewing people for ''Days of Glory'', a lot of the people I was talking to were also telling me what happened after, which is how I came to write the other movie." Bouchareb researched the subject for nine months, primarily by interviewing people. Finishing the
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took two years. The film was written with actors Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila in mind from the beginning. Debbouze described his role's place as the youngest brother, and stronger ties to the family, as a key for approaching the character. Zem's character was inspired by the character played by
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in '' The Asphalt Jungle''. Zem said, "When I saw the movie, it was obvious what Rachid was looking for: a combination of brute force and restraint." Bouajila said about developing his character, "I tried to work out how, through his convictions or pride, a man can fall into the trap of his own
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and drag other people with him. When everything spirals out of his control, he has to face himself and realizes that he is only a man." The 19.5 million
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production was led by France's Tessalit Productions in co-production with
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,
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and companies in Algeria, Tunisia and Belgium. Funding was granted by the National Center of Cinematography and via pre-sales to
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. Out of the total investment, 59% came from France, 21% Algeria, 10% Tunisia and 10% Belgium. Filming began at the end of July 2009 and lasted five months. Approximately 90% of the film was shot in the studio. The team moved between facilities and locations in
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, Algeria, Tunisia, the Belgian cities
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and
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, Germany and the
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, with scenes set at the
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.


Reception

The film premiered on 21 May 2010, in competition at the
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. French distribution was handled by
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and the premiere took place on 22 September 2010. It was released in Algeria on 6 October of the same year. In the United States, the film was distributed through Cohen Media Group, which released it in
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on 3 November,
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on 10 November and in a limited run throughout the country on 26 November.


Critical response

''Outside the Law'' has an approval rating of 76% on
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website
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, based on 41 reviews, and an average rating of 6.46/10. It also has a score of 59 out of 100 on
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, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". François-Guillaume Lorrain of ''
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'' compared the film's
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to
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and
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films such as ''
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''. Lorrain argued that the form resulted in exaggeration and clumsiness, which burdened the film, and evoked questions about the balance between
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as a conveyor of truth and cinema as light entertainment. Lorrain noted that, with a couple of exceptions, "the French have the villainous role ... with a comparison that risks to make teeth grind: the French are likened to the Germans when the Algerians endorse the costumes of resistance members. Difficult to leave ''Outside the Law'' without a feeling of guilt, already caused with ''Days of Glory'' by Bouchareb, who, by filming the opposite Maghrebin side, presses where it hurts in the official history of France. At the same time, he doesn't provide a rosy picture of the FLN, far from that." ''
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's'' Thomas Sotinel criticised the film for using
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s, and how too much artifice in the narrative "stifles the efforts of the actors," concluding that "''Outside the Law'' collapses under the weight of the spectacle." Regarding the controversies, Fayçal Métaoui, who reviewed the film for the Algerian newspaper ''
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'', wrote, "Some French critics believed they saw 'an unacceptable parallel' between the struggle against the hideous Nazi regime and the French colonial presence in Algeria. This does not seem to be the intention of ''Outside the Law'', as the aim was to show that France hadn't held a certain promise to the Algerians ... The film, which is perfect on the aesthetical level and far from a
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, may be entered in the anti-colonial register but not anti-French." Métaoui also complimented that Bouchareb had chosen to portray the violent clashes between the Algerian National Movement and the National Liberation Front, an episode "the official Algerian history has completely ignored". ''
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'' published a review by
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, who wrote, "Under the obvious influence of
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, Bouchareb frames his shadow-ridden guerrilla heroes as the Algerian counterparts of the Corleones", referring to the American film ''
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'', and further that ''Outside the Law'' owes "an enormous debt to
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's '' Army of Shadows'' (1969), about French resistance fighters one-minded in their goal to subvert Nazis". Rickey wrote, "Bouchareb is sometimes a little too one-minded: His movie might have been richer emotionally had he written scenes showing the characters' domestic lives and not strictly their professional spheres."
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of ''
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'' called ''Outside the Law'' a "
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, unashamedly manipulative film", and also saw parallels to ''The Godfather'' and ''Army of Shadows'': "Those are mighty shoes to fill, and as powerful and well-made as it is, ''Outside the Law'' is too schematic and single-minded to lodge itself in your mind as a fully realized cinematic epic. Its few female characters are sketchy at best."


Political reactions

Before the film premiered, already it was met by political controversy and nationalist-oriented criticism in France.
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, a member of the
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for the UMP, appealed for a review by the
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as soon as he heard about the project. Guy Pervillé deplored the inevitable acceptance by moviegoers of the film as representing historical truth. The Defence Historical Service claimed that "the errors and
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s are so many and so gross that they can be identified by any historian ... The numerous improbabilities present in the scenario show that the writing of the latter was not preceded by a serious historical study." The center of the controversy was the depiction of the 1945 Sétif massacre early in the film. The report elaborated, "The director wants to suggest that on May 8, 1945, Muslims in
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were blindly massacred by Europeans, whereas it's the contrary that transpired ... l historians agree that ... Europeans lashed out against
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s in response to Muslims massacring Europeans." This reaction is at odds with mainstream history, which concluded that, after restoring order in the town, French military and police then carried out a series of reprisals and
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s of native civilians. Before even seeing the film, Luca also criticized the decision to give public funding to a film which he considered "anti-French". Mustapha Orif, one of the film's co-producers, responded to the accusations and defended the film's portrayal of the massacre. "Rachid Bouchareb interviewed many people, witnesses and historians. From this point of view, I do not think at all that he has deviated from historical reality," he said.


Box office

The film opened on 400 screens in France, with 195,242 admissions after one week, which equaled a fifth place on the domestic
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chart. The number of screens was increased to 437 for the second week, but the film dropped to eighth place on the chart. When the theatrical run ended, a total of 393,335 tickets had been sold. This was considerably less than the 3,227,502 that ''Days of Glory'' attained four years earlier. As of 10 April 2011,
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reported that the worldwide revenues of ''Outside the Law'' corresponded to 3,298,780 US dollars.


Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 16th Lumière Awards, voted by foreign journalists who work in Paris. It was selected as one of the five nominees for
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at the
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, having been submitted by Algeria. It was the third time a film directed by Bouchared was nominated in the category, after '' Dust of Life'' in 1996 and ''Days of Glory'' in 2007.


Sequel

Bouchareb has stated his desire to make a third installment that would end a
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that started with ''Days of Glory'' and continued with ''Outside the Law''. He hopes to be able to produce it four or five years after ''Outside the Law''. It will be a thematical continuation of the two previous films and focus on "50 years of
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".


See also

*
Algeria–France relations Relations between France and Algeria span more than five centuries. This large amount of time has led to many changes within the nation of Algeria; subsequently, affecting the relations enormously. Through this time period, Algeria has gone thro ...
*
Beur ''Beur'' (or alternatively, ''Rebeu'') is a colloquial term, sometimes considered pejorative, in French to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from the Maghreb. The equivalent term for a female beur is a ...
*
List of Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Algeria has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1969. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outsid ...
* List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film


References

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External links


Official website

Official website (USA)
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