Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaDirector
- Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaWriter
- Philippe ArthuysOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michel AuclairColonel de St-Méran
- Sid Ali KouiretSi Ahmed
- Julien GuiomarLe général Beaumont
- Geneviève PageBéatrice de St-Mérand
- André ThorentLe général Michon
- Jean-Claude BercqLe commandant Leteil
- Mustapha KatebKhédija
- André RouyerL'aumônier
- Jacques FrançoisSerge de la Prévoteraie
- Jean-Pierre CastaldiCast
- Jacques CastelotCast
- Ben Ali ChoueraniCast
Stills
Themes
racismalgeriafrench colonialismnorth africaalgerian war (1954-62)torture victimguerilla armymaghrebdjazairalgerian resistanceindependance war