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The shadow of Algiers

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The Battle of Algiers

The film gave the f l m a global audience, and the movement became a model for insurgent groups all over the world. Florence beauget began picking up stories about jean marie lepin's wartime role in the late 19 nineties but her paper didn't run them until he emerged as a serious contender for the french presidency. The national front leader rejected the allegations against him and sued for deformation. She persuaded the family whod kept it in their sideboard for all these years to part with it. And then she faced the challenge of getting it back to paris. It is now on display in a museum in algiers. But madin's wrap isn't about

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