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02/01/1973 Drama, War 1h 35m
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Overview

In Algiers, during the Algerian War of Independence, one of the leaders of the FLN was arrested by the French colonial army, which used the most violent methods to make the prisoners speak. The use of torture poses a conscience problem for a French officer. Playing shot-reverse-shot, between the tortured and his torturer, in a suffocating camera, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina approaches torture by drawing inspiration from the story of his father, who died of abuse.

  1. Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Michel Auclair

    Colonel de St-Méran

  2. Sid Ali Kouiret

    Si Ahmed

  3. Julien Guiomar

    Le général Beaumont

  4. Geneviève Page

    Béatrice de St-Mérand

  5. André Thorent

    Le général Michon

  6. Jean-Claude Bercq

    Le commandant Leteil

  7. Mustapha Kateb

    Khédija

  8. André Rouyer

    L'aumônier

  9. Jacques François

    Serge de la Prévoteraie

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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