True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

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1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.

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Photo of Alexandre Desane

Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon

Photo of Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Nicolas Dromard

Nicolas Dromard

The Hospital Director

Photo of Omar Boulakirba

Omar Boulakirba

Mr. Charef

Photo of Catherine Boskowitz

Catherine Boskowitz

The Head Nurse

Photo of Amal Kateb

Amal Kateb

Juliette/Cléopâtre

Photo of Frédéric Restagno

Frédéric Restagno

The Police Commissioner

Photo of Nacereddine Djoudi

Nacereddine Djoudi

The FLN Activist Patient

Photo of Brigitte Lucas

Brigitte Lucas

Mrs. Londres

Photo of Idir Benaibouche

Idir Benaibouche

Chabane Mourad

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