Battle of Algiers

I had read the Washington Post review for the Battle of Algiers. The review had many good points that I had agreed with especially how the director, Pontecorvo, has portrayed the Algerians and the French. The way he had done it was not to make one side look specifically heroic or evil but instead he made both sides seem equal. There was no protagonist as well. We see both the wrong-doings of both sides and how each side retaliates. With such ways of portrayal in this film, there’s real no group or person to ‘root’ for and therefore removes the bias part of the typical film viewer and their tendency to take sides.