L'Enfer à dix ans

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Directed byYoucef Akika
Ghaouti Bendedouche
Abderrahmane Bouguermouh
Amar Laskri
Sid Ali Mazif
Written byCollective (ONCIC) team, with individual contributions by episode
Produced byNational Office for Cinema and the Cinematographic Industry (ONCIC)
StarringNon-professional actors (depending on episode)
L'Enfer à dix ans
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L'Enfer à dix ans
Directed byYoucef Akika
Ghaouti Bendedouche
Abderrahmane Bouguermouh
Amar Laskri
Sid Ali Mazif
Written byCollective (ONCIC) team, with individual contributions by episode
Produced byNational Office for Cinema and the Cinematographic Industry (ONCIC)
StarringNon-professional actors (depending on episode)
Release date
Running time
77 minutes[1][3]
CountryAlgeria
LanguageFrench

Hell Is Ten Years Old (L’Enfer à dix ans) is a 1968 collective Algerian film, produced by the ONCIC. The film is composed of five short films directed by five Algerian filmmakers, addressing themes related to the war, memory, and the post-independence context.[1][4]

Each episode explores a different aspect of the War of Independence or its social consequences.[2]  :

  • La Grive — Abderrahmane Bouguermouh: a schoolboy from Kabylia must deliver a secret message hidden inside a thrush.[1]
  • La Rencontre — Sid Ali Mazif[2]
  • La Mer — Ghaouti Bendedouche[3]
  • Hier Des Témoins — Amar Laskri
  • Quand Janette — Youcef Akika[4]

Technical details

Context and preservation

According to Africultures, the film’s original negative was accidentally destroyed, and no complete copy of the film is currently available.[1] The Algerian Cinematheque preserves a copy of Bouguermouh’s episode La Grive.[4]

Episodes

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