📜 Overview:
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
🌏 Languages Available:
Arabic
,
French
📆 Date Released:
2005-06-07
⌚ Running Time:
120 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.3
Beloved Cast
Abdé
Ouassini Embarek
Tarek
Atmen Kelif
Ali Saïd
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Ahmed
Hocine Choutri
Mohamed
Mounir Margoum
Le réfractaire
Ahcène Nini
Maurice
Jalil Naciri
L'Algérien au barrage
Salem Kali
Hocine
Reda Samoudi
L'homme de l'escalier
Djemel Barek
Haroun
Tayeb Belmihoub
Le collecteur
Adel Bencherif
Sabine
Clotilde Courau
Martin
Jean-Michel Portal
Nathalie
Florence Thomassin
Marie-Hélène
Vahina Giocante
Delmas
Philippe Bas
Somveille
Aurélien Recoing
Brigadier Tiercé
Serge Riaboukine
Isabelle Martin
Marie Denarnaud
Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Frank Berjot
Papon
Thierry Fortineau
Le voisin d'Abde
Lyèce Boukhitine
Bertaut
Jean-Michel Fête
Jojo
Matthias Van Khache
Marcel
Michel Trillot
Level
Michel Scotto di Carlo
Chaix
Alain Rimoux
M. René
Luc Palun
Nicolas
Grégoire Oestermann
Ginet
Nicolas Jouhet
Favre
Stefan Elbaum
Le médecin du centre de tri
Guillaume Cramoisan
Ministre Frey
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Le planton Nanterre
Antoine Chain
L'infirmier du centre de tri
Alexandre Carrière
Legay
Loïc Brabant
Le patron d'Abde
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
Patrick Bonnel
Le journaliste
Christophe Kourotchkine
Le tueur d'Abde
Jérôme Le Paulmier
Michaud
Julien Lucas
Le rédacteur
Stéphan Wojtowicz
L'Algérien qui rit
Djamel Afnai
A secretary
Marie-Charlotte Salmon
