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China Is Still Far (2010)

China Is Still Far poster
Original title
La Chine Est Encore Loin
Directed by
Malek Bensmaïl
Genre
documentary film
Country
Algeria, France
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Fifty years after an event that marked the start of Algeria's war of independence, a filmmaker visits a small village in the Aurès region. He documents the daily lives of residents and students at the local primary school.

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What happens

La Chine est encore loin est un documentaire franco-algérien réalisé par Malek Bensmaïl et sorti en 2010. 50 ans après l'assassinat d'un couple d'instituteurs français et d'un caïd algérien, marquant ainsi le début de la guerre d'indépendance en Algérie, le réalisateur Malek Bensmaïl se rend à Ghassira, un petit village des Aurès, pour filmer la vie des habitants et des élèves d'une école primaire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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