
The Outlaws
Drama · Western
Overview
In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.
Top Cast


Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Slimane
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Slimane


Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Moh
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Moh


Mohamed Chouikh
Mohamed Chouikh
Ali
Mohamed Chouikh
Ali


Malek Kateb
Malek Kateb
Brahim
Malek Kateb
Brahim


Brahim Hadjadj
Brahim Hadjadj
Le Charretier
Brahim Hadjadj
Le Charretier


Djohra Bachene
Djohra Bachene
Zhera
Djohra Bachene
Zhera


Jacques Monod
Jacques Monod
L'administrateur
Jacques Monod
L'administrateur


Areski Nebti
Areski Nebti
Areski Nebti


Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise
Marc
Jean Bouise
Marc


Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
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