Synopsis
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Villi HermannDirector
- Villi HermannWriter
- Eve MartinWriter
Cast
- Freddy BuacheSelf
- André GazutSelf
- Diego MassonSelf
- Nils AnderssonSelf
- Jacques BaynacSelf
- Anita BernardSelf
- André BernardSelf
- Claude GarinoSelf
- Jean-Claude GirardinSelf
- Claude GlaymanSelf
- Lillis KiellandSelf
- Pierre LeraySelf
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Themes
pacifismalgeriafrench colonialismalgerian war (1954-62)anti-colonialismconscientious objectorsdjazairantimilitarism