L'Ennemi intime (Intimate Enemies) (2007)
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57% of critics liked it
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67% of users liked it
(1,326 ratings)
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 local young boy joining his platoon and a disillusioned veteran (Albert Dupontel, Irreversible). War… More 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 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
- Directed By
- Florent Emilio Siri
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Oct 3, 2007 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Mike Hale, New York Times
A movie you've seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle.
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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.
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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
With its sententious air of historical reckoning, Enemies is an impressive monument, but not a moving one.
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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.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
Visceral and engrossing.
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Cast
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Benoît Magimel
as Lieutenant Terrien
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Albert Dupontel
as Dougnac
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Aurélien Recoing
as Vesoul
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Marc Barbé
as Berthaut
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Eric Savin
as Torturing Sergeant
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Mohamed Fellag
as Prisoner
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Vincent Rottiers
as Lefranc
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Lounès Tazairt
as Sayeed
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Abdelhafid Metalsi
as Rachid