Top billed cast

1. 

   Fayçal Zafi

   Alfred Nakache (voice)

2. 

   Jessica Jaouiche

   Paule Nakache (voice)

3. 

   Yassine Mestaoui

   Young Alfred Nakache (voice)

4. 

   Alexandre Liebe

   Sports Commentator (voice)

5. 

   Johannes Oliver Hamm

   Sports Commentator (voice)

6. 

   Hocine Ben

   Sports Commentator / Police Officer / Soldier (voice)

7. 

   Olivier Peissel

   Sports Commentator / Police Officer / Soldier (voice)

8. 

   Foued Kemeche

   Coach (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-19

There’s a really quite sad story contained within this short, sketch-style, animation. It’s inspired by the life of Alfred Nakache. He was a French Algerian, dark skinned and Jewish swimmer who just happened to be at the top of his game just as the munificence of National Socialism was extending throughout Europe. Initially his fellow competitors rally around as he becomes the victim of discrimination, but as that becomes more enshrined in law he, his wife and child have to resort to desperate measures to stay safe. When these don’t work, the war duly takes it’s toll. Against a backdro...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war ii
• antisemitism
• swimmer
• discrimination
• hand painted animation