★★★☆☆ The latest offering from veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache, The Repentant (El Taaib, 2012) plays in the 'Debate' strand of this year's London Film Festival - and it's easy to see why. In 1999, after eight years of civil war and an estimated 200,000 lost lives, the Algerian government offered an amnesty to the jihadist rebels. They could lay down their weapons, return to civilised society, be dubbed 'repentant' and face no repercussions. When Allouache returned to Algeria in 1999, he found a country trying to forget the hatred and bloodshed and has very much looked to examine the situation and inspire discussion with this latest offering.
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- 10/14/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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