• bitofhope@awful.systems
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    8 hours ago

    Well you know, it’s not quite perfect. For a movie set in Morocco, not too many Maghrebin in the main cast, which also adds a bit of hypocritical bitterness in the pivotal La Marseillaise scene. It’s a powerful moment of resistance against the nazis, but also they’re singing the French national anthem in a colonial protectorate of France.

    It’s an all-time classic, but we shouldn’t get carried away and ignore its flaws.