Basic Info
Release: January 02, 1973
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: ⭐ 10.0/10 (1 votes)
Status: Released
December
1973
95 min
⭐ 10.0/10
1 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
War
Production Countries
- Algeria
- France
Spoken Languages
- Arabic ar
- French fr
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Cast
Michel Auclair
Colonel de St-Méran
Sid Ali Kouiret
Si Ahmed
Julien Guiomar
Le général Beaumont
Geneviève Page
Béatrice de St-Mérand
André Thorent
Le général Michon
Jean-Claude Bercq
Le commandant Leteil
Mustapha Kateb
Khédija
André Rouyer
L'aumônier
Jacques François
Serge de la Prévoteraie
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jacques Castelot
Ben Ali Chouerani
Crew
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Director
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Writer
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