R.A.S.
Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and d...
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"If we often hear that contrary to the US, the French did not make movies on its own wars, we had a few movies like "R.A.S." or "Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès", shot in the beginning of the seventies, i.e. a bit less than 20 years since Algeria war start (1954-1962) - to be fair some movies have been shot before but weren't focused on the war itself and the French army, or were banned. These are done however quite differently. Realistically shot - therefore less packed with action and more rough and dry - as the mountains and desert there - compared to the american movie..."
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Gerard Depardieu was first supposed to play the character which eventually went to Jean-François Balmer.
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Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and d...