Synopsis
In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel DrachDirector
- Claire EtcherelliWriter
- Michel DrachWriter
- Claude LanzmannWriter
Cast
- Marie-José NatElise Le Tellier
- Mohamed ChouikhArezki
- Bernadette LafontAnna
- Jean-Pierre BissonLucien Le Tellier
- Catherine AllégretDidi
- Mustapha ChadliMustapha
- Alice ReichenLa grand-mère
- Martine ChevallierMarie-Louise
- Jean-Pierre DarrasLe commissaire
- Yves BarsacqUn policier
Stills
Themes
working classracismworking immigrantslove storyalgerian diaspora