2009
Not Rated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 51 m

2009
Not Rated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 51 m

Summary A young French soldier is sent to Algeria to take over the position of a fallen officer. The war is more brutal than he expects and he finds it hard to adhere to his sense of humanity when faced with the atrocities of war.

Directed By: Florent-Emilio Siri

Written By: Patrick Rotman, Florent-Emilio Siri

2009
Not Rated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 51 m

2009
Not Rated
Outsider Pictures
1 h 51 m

L'ennemi intime

Name: L'ennemi intime
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2009-10-02
Duration: 1 min 51 s
Rating: 61
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Marc Barbé, Eric Savin

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Florent-Emilio Siri

Written By: Patrick Rotman, Florent-Emilio Siri

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
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New York Post

It could be set during the war in Iraq, but the brutal French film Intimate Enemies takes place in 1959, at the height of the Algerian struggle against French rule.

By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

Variety

Visceral and engrossing.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

While following a fairly predictable story line, the film has enough ambushes, treachery and irony to sustain audience involvement with a range of characters that stand for diverse points of view about that war.

By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

The movie goes flat, though, when Mr. Siri and his co-writer, Patrick Rotman, shift their attention from the action to the moral math of guerrilla warfare.

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Time Out

Conventional as the film may be, the two leads are quite adept, and director Florent Emilio Siri proves to have an exquisite eye for battlefield tableaux.

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Village Voice

With its sententious air of historical reckoning, Enemies is an impressive monument, but not a moving one.

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Production Company Les Films du Kiosque, SND Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Cofimage 18, Banque Populaire Images 7, Uni Etoile 4, Agora Films

Release Date Oct 2, 2009

Duration 1 h 51 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline The wounds of war never heal. [Scandinavian DVD.]

Website http://www.1959.jp/

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Awards

César Awards, France

• 3 Nominations

CinEuphoria Awards

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Étoiles d'Or, France

• 1 Nomination

L'ennemi intime

Top Cast

Benoît Magimel

Lieutenant Terrien

Albert Dupontel

Sergent Dougnac

Aurélien Recoing

Commandant Vesoul

Marc Barbé

Capitaine Berthaut

Eric Savin

Le sergent tortionnaire

Mohamed Fellag

Idir Danoun

Lounès Tazairt

Saïd

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Rachid

Vincent Rottiers

Lefranc

Lounès Machene

Amar

Adrien Saint-Joré

Lacroix

Guillaume Gouix

Delmas

Ange Ruzé

Théron

Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem

Ouramdam

Antoine Laurent

Maheu

Anthony Decadi

Rougier

Xavier Rothmann

Blois

Timothée Manesse

Zunino

Jeremy Azencott

Toto

Kamel Machene

Lounès

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