Intimate Enemies

Original title: L'ennemi intime

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6.9/10

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A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
The film was spawned by actor Benoît Magimel's desire to do the a film based on the war in Algeria, which he talked about with documentary filmmaker Patrick Rotman as they were having lunch together. Coincidentally, Rotman was working on a documentary on the subject, L'ennemi intime (2002), and talked to his friend Florent-Emilio Siri about adapting it as a work of fiction.

Goofs
When the platoon is ambushed, the radio operator reports that they are being fired upon by MG-42s, which are captured German machine guns from the Second World War. These machine guns have a high rate of fire and produce a different sound than that edited into the film.

Connections
Version of L'ennemi intime (2002)

Soundtracks
Tu me Donnes
(Come Prima)
Music by Sandro Taccani and Vincenzo di Paola
Italian lyrics by Mario Panzeri
French lyrics by Jacques Larue
Performed by Dalida

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Featured review

8/10

The french Platoon

I have just seen L'ennemi intime, a film about a young lieutenant during the Algeria war in 1959. A few films have already been shot about that war (L'honneur d'un capitaine, La bataille d'Alger, etc.) but this one is the best. At least it will change the way films are made on this matter. The actors are good, the images beautiful, the action very well done. And the film show the atrocities from both side (and that's quite rare actually, usually in France you have the "bad French" against the "nice fellous"). This film has the quality of Platoon or Apocalypse now. I only give 8/10 because of the end, not perfect. But it's a must seen film.