December

10.0
19731h 35m

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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Photo of Michel Auclair

Michel Auclair

Colonel de St-Méran

Photo of Julien Guiomar

Julien Guiomar

Le général Beaumont

Photo of Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Béatrice de St-Mérand

Photo of André Thorent

André Thorent

Le général Michon

Photo of André Rouyer

André Rouyer

L'aumônier

Photo of Jacques François

Jacques François

Serge de la Prévoteraie

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