Written and directed by Rachid Bouchareb, “Outside the Law” (Hors La Loi) is a revisionist take on the Algerian war of independence. In contrast to “The Battle of Algiers”, this is not anti-imperialist agit-prop. Instead it is a cautionary tale about the costs of fighting total war against the colonizers, in some ways echoing the pacifist laments of Albert Camus.
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