The Unvanquished 
Against a background of the Algerian War of the 1960s, Thomas (Alain Delon, who also co-produced) plays a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from the authorities.
He helps to set free Dominique (Lea Massari), who has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Thomas is wounded but manages to escape after killing the guard who inflicted the injury. Dominique gives Thomas money to escape to France after he secures her freedom, but he is caught between the Foreign Legion and the terrorists seeking revenge.
Director Alain Cavalier drew inspiration from the events that befell the lawyer Mireille Szatan-Glaymann, a member of the Communist party who, in contrast to the party line, had defended several Algerian FLN militants and was subsequently kidnapped and held hostage by the OAS.
The film was not successful on its original release in France, and was later reduced by 20 minutes following a successful lawsuit brought by the lawyer on whom the story is based. Rarely screened anywhere, this is a chance to see the restored original version as the director intended.
Screening as part of the 26th French Film Festival.
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