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Rebellion

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Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 04/19/2013
3/5
It is clearly well-researched but not made with La Haine's flair. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 04/18/2013
3/5
The movie doesn't delve too deeply into the mentality of Legorjus or indeed anyone else, but it's a tense, involving tale of France's forgotten imperial trauma. Go to Full Review
Jack Jones Little White Lies 04/18/2013
4/5
harrowing and gripping account of a horrifying true story. Go to Full Review
Stefan Pape CineVue 02/13/2019
4/5
An intelligent and slow-burning production, devised in such a way that the audience doesn't really take a side. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 08/27/2013
Sporadically exciting French action drama about a 1988 hostage crisis drags more often than it should. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) 04/21/2013
An intelligent political drama, part thriller, part war movie, and informed by something of the anger against established authority that fuelled La Haine. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 04/26/2024 Director, Writer and Star Mathieu Kassovitz (Gothika, Birthday Girl) does a great job at tackling an hallowing true story See more 02/16/2021 Actual, and interesting french version of military, far from what we are used to, great job See more 07/13/2017 A well directed movie about an important subject most of us had never heard of. However, the movie drags too much, and could easily been half an hour shorter. See more 03/29/2015 Great account of this complex story. See more 05/21/2014 The intensity is always getting stronger and stronger as we understand how and why everything happened. Great acting, not too much "drama" music to guide our emotions, and a close and intimate view of France's way to deal with political issues concerning its own country. I appreciated that Kassovitz didn't fall into the trapped of the setting, amazing sets but we still feel like we're going to get trap into something big, and all just seems like a beautiful jail. To people wanting to know a bit more about New Caledonia than the white sanded beach, I would recommend this film. Not only because of the brilliant way it talks about such a complicated political issue at that period of time but also the story around the movie it-self really is interesting and I recommend to watch the Making-Off as well. See more 09/26/2013 A passionate resettling of a shameful episode in modern French colonial history. Well acted and filmed. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Director
Mathieu Kassovitz
Producer
Christophe Rossignon, Philippe Boeffard
Screenwriter
Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller, Benoît Jaubert, Philippe Legorjus
Production Co
Nord-Ouest Films, UGC Images, France 2 Cinéma, Studio 37
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 29, 2013
Runtime
2h 15m