Watch Chronicle of the Years of Fire

Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's revolutionary epic is an awe-inspiring landmark of Arab cinema that vividly dramatizes the pivotal decades leading up to Algeria's War of Independence through the harrowing saga of a proud farmer who, seeking a dignified life, must take a stand against the seemingly indomitable might of French colonialism.

Chronicle of the Years of Fire is a 2026 art house & international movie with a runtime of 2 hours and 58 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.3.