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Young lieutenant Terrien (Benoà (R)t Magimel, Best Actor Cannes 2001 for The Piano Teacher) takes command of an outpost in Algeria, a country fighting for its independence from France. He befriends a ... read more read more...local young boy joining his platoon and a disillusioned veteran (Albert Dupontel, Irreversible). War and its atrocities will quickly put his moral values to the test.Based on historical facts, Intimate Enemies presents a very contemporary look at war, exposing the process which can bring soldiers to torture prisoners or allies to become enemies. --© Outsider

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PG, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Florent Emilio Siri

Release Date: October 3, 2007

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DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008

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  • benjaminguilbert2
    December 13, 2008
    benjaminguilbert2
    When the French decide to shoot war movies they tend to be boring and sloppy imitations of their American counterparts. Well even though this one is certainly not one of the masterpieces of cinema, it makes a rather pleasant and entertaining watch.
    Of course the director is tryin... read moreg to make a sort of French version of Platoon, but it keeps enough originality to be interesting. It's "educational" parts are of course unbearable (how likely is it for two NCOs in the middle of the combat operation to chat about the socio-cultural implications of the war they are wedging?).
    Over all it was particularly pleasant to be finally able to put some images on a war that until now was practically banned from scripts.

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Mike Hale
October 2, 2009
Mike Hale, New York Times

A movie you've seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
October 2, 2009
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Along the way, Siri exposes French hypocrisy -- showing that the Algerian rebels were only doing what the French Resistance did in battling the Nazis who ruled their country in WorldWar II. Full Review

Nick Pinkerton
September 29, 2009
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

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

Dennis Harvey
September 12, 2007
Dennis Harvey, Variety

Visceral and engrossing. Full Review

Nick Schager
September 28, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Says so much that's familiar if not downright clichéd, it winds up saying nothing at all. Full Review

Cath Clarke
October 18, 2008
Cath Clarke, Guardian [UK]

It's all rather conventional, drawing on the blockbuster big bangs and special effects he must have picked up in Hollywood making the Bruce Willis thriller Hostage. Full Review

David Parkinson
February 1, 2008
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine

A harrowing but formulaic insight into the realities experiened by French conscripts during the Algerian War. Full Review

Neil Bastian
January 29, 2008
Neil Bastian, BBC

Terrien's journey is more conventional, but still powerful and well acted. Full Review

Wally Hammond
January 24, 2008
Wally Hammond, Time Out

Director Florent Emilio Siri ('The Nest', 'Hostage') shows ability in action sequences and group dynamics but his film never develops sufficiently to raise it much above the conventional. Full Review

Anton Bitel
January 17, 2008
Anton Bitel, Film4

a no-holds-barred history with alarming lessons for the current 'War on Terror'. Full Review

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