With “Tirailleurs” and “Les Harkis”, Cannes plunges into France’s colonial past
Presented at the start of the Cannes Film Festival, the films “Tirailleurs” and “Les Harkis” address the fate of Africans enlisted in the French army during the First World War and the Algerian war. Two historical films that have in common to explore the complexities of war, without Manichaeism. This is one of the great … Read more