The First Man

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.

• Gianni AmelioDirector
• Franco PiersantiOriginal Music Composer
• Gianni AmelioWriter

• Jacques GamblinJacques Cormery
• Maya SansaCatherine Cormery (1924)
• Catherine SolaCatherine Cormery (1957)
• Denis PodalydèsProfessor Bernard
• Ulla BauguéGrandma
• Nicolas GiraudUncle Étienne (1924)
• Nino JougletJacques as a child
• Abdelkarim BenhaboucchaHamoud
• Hachemi AbdelmalekAziz
• Djamel Hadj SaïdHamoud as a child
• Jean-Paul BonnaireUncle Étienne (1957)
• Jean-François StéveninFarmer