{"id":688,"date":"2013-01-13T20:10:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T20:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T13:36:50","slug":"rebellion-thu-23-january-8pm-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2013\/01\/rebellion-thu-23-january-8pm-3\/","title":{"rendered":"REBELLION, Thu 23 January, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Equal parts political drama, thriller and war movie based on the brutal 1988 repression of an indigenous rebellion in the French Pacific island territory of New Caledonia.\u00a0 ‘hugely intelligent’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please note scenes of violence.<\/p>\n

L’ordre et la morale.<\/strong> \u00a0French, 2012.\u00a0 Language: French.\u00a0 135 minutes.\u00a0 Cert: 15A. \u00a0Director: Mathieu Kassovitz. \u00a0Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz,\u00a0Iabe Lapacas,\u00a0Malik Zidi<\/p>\n

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Season Ten starts with this taut French colonial flick\u00a0which Filmuforia<\/a> calls ‘a hugely intelligent film’.<\/p>\n

Equal parts political drama, thriller and war movie, it’s based on the brutal 1988 repression of an indigenous insurrection in the French Pacific island territory of New Caledonia.<\/p>\n

The indigenous tribe, the Kanaks, lived by ancient customs and chafed under the erosion of their independence.\u00a0 In the spring of 1988,they attacked a police station, killing four gendarmes who resisted and taking 27 hostages.\u00a0 What began as a confused local incident ended ten days later with a massacre in which two more policemen lost their lives and 19 Kanaks died, a number of whom were executed after their capture.<\/p>\n

The film’s central character, sensitively played by director Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), is torn between doing what is right and fulfilling his duty as a military man.\u00a0 Elegantly interweaving dialogue and action with archival news footage, Rebellion <\/strong>evolved through long discussion with Kanak islanders – some of whom perform key acting roles – former soldiers and policemen.<\/p>\n

New Caledonia\u2019s only cinema operator refused to screen Rebellion<\/strong>, underscoring how the massacre remains one of the most polarizing military actions in the nation\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n

Click here to read The Guardian review.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Click here to read Filmuforia review.<\/a><\/p>\n