I can’t help but be reminded of the conversation between Omar Mukhtar and General Rodolfo Graziani in Lion of the Desert, where Graziani asks him why he resisted Italian colonialism for so long. Graziani blames him for Libya’s ruination, tries to justify Fascist domination, and even offers Omar Mukhtar collaboration instead of the death penalty, but Omar Mukhtar remained resilient, knowing that other Libyans, from generation to generation, would continue resisting subjugation as long as somebody imposed it on them.

I just rewatched that scene, and I was still captivated by it.