The read
It runs a compact 52m.
Synopsis
In Algiers, in June 1957, Maurice Audin, a 25-year-old mathematician, was arrested by French paratroopers. His wife, Josette, and their three children never saw him again. This documentary interweaves testimonies from French and Algerian protagonists: activists for Algerian independence, lawyers, historians, and military personnel. Drawing on the research of historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet, it blends archival footage, newspaper articles, books, drawings, and reenactments to reconstruct the context of this disappearance and denounce the torture and murder practiced in Algeria. Josette Audin is the central figure and the moral compass of this film.
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Key crew
- François DemerliacDirector
- François DemerliacWriter
Cast
- Maurice AudinSelf (archive footages)
- Josette AudinSelf
- Henri AllegSelf
- Pierre Vidal-NaquetSelf (archive footages)
- Robert BadinterSelf
- Sébastien DescoinsMaurice Audin (fictional part)
- Thierry CanteroDocteur (fictional part)
- Gabriel ChampeixMisiri (fictional part)
- Olivier CharassonCharbonnier (fictional part)
- Olivier DerousseauValentin (fictional part)
- Charles HeidetCuomo (fictional part)
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Themes
memoryjusticealgeriaalgerian war (1954-62)anti-colonialismdjazairalgerian resistancedocu-fictionstate crime