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Chronicle of the Years of Fire

World and International Narrative Cinema

Chronicle of the Years of Fire is a 1975 Algerian film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. A historical drama told through the eyes of Ahmed, a peasant farmer, it follows the Algerian War of Independence from the late 1930s through 1954, tracing his transformation from a villager suffering under colonial rule into an active revolutionary. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Palme d'Or 1
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1975 2
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1. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: Palme d'Or
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Palme d'Or.
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2. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Wikipedia)
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    26 November 1975
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Arabic: وقائع سنين الجمر, romanized: Waqāʾiʿu sinīna l-jamri; French: Chronique des Années de Braise; these names both mean "Chronicle of the Years of Embers") is a 1975 Algerian drama historical film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina.
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