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Intimate Enemies

The scars of war last forever

2007 · 1h 48m · Not Rated Drama, History, War
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri

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A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

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57%
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Rotten

A movie you've seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle.

Mike Hale, New York Times
Fresh

Along the way, Siri exposes French hypocrisy -- showing that the Algerian rebels were only doing what the French Resistance did in battling the Nazis who ruled their country in WorldWar II.

V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten

With its sententious air of historical reckoning, Enemies is an impressive monument, but not a moving one.

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Rotten

Director Florent Emilio Siri ('The Nest', 'Hostage') shows ability in action sequences and group dynamics but his film never develops sufficiently to raise it much above the conventional.

Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh

Visceral and engrossing.

Dennis Harvey, Variety

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