Description
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.
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Release Date1973
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Runtime1 hr 34 min
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Languagefr
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Rating10 (1)
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Genres
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DirectorMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
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CastMichel AuclairSid Ali KouiretJulien GuiomarGeneviève PageAndré ThorentJean-Claude BercqMustapha KatebAndré RouyerJacques FrançoisJean-Pierre CastaldiJacques CastelotBen Ali ChoueraniGérard DarrieuHassan El-HassaniKeltoumMalik Lakhdar-HaminaLeila Shenna
