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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.

Country:

Algeria,

France

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1973

Director:

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

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Company:

Telcia Films,

Office des Actualités Algériennes (OAA),

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Cast:

Colonel de St-Méran

Si Ahmed

Le général Beaumont

Béatrice de St-Mérand

Le général Michon

Crew:

Director

Writer

Dialogue

Original Concept

Dialogue