Algerian film draws French outrage
French war veterans and right-wingers protest Cannes film on Algerian independence struggle.
Published On 22 May 2010
Hundreds of people at the French film festival in Cannes have protested against a movie about Algeria’s struggle for independence from France.
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Demonstrators, who included right-wing politicians and French war veterans, say the film is biased.
Algeria gained independence from France after an eight-year war that ended in 1962.
Rory Challands reports.
Source: Al Jazeera