The Outlaws

The Outlaws 1969 Directed by Tewfik Farès Les Hors-La-Loi

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.

Countries Algeria , France

Production Country Algeria

Language French

Spoken Languages Arabic , French

Gneres Drama , Western

Production Company O.N.C.I.C.

Release Date 1 January 1969

97 mins