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CHoosing at Twenty

CHoosing at Twenty

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📜 Overview: Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
🌏 Languages Available: Arabic , French
📆 Date Released: 2017-08-24
⌚ Running Time: 100 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.8

Beloved Cast

Freddy Buache original image
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Freddy Buache
André Gazut original image
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André Gazut
Diego Masson original image
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Diego Masson
Nils Andersson original image
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Nils Andersson
Jacques Baynac original image
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Jacques Baynac
Anita Bernard original image
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Anita Bernard
André Bernard original image
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André Bernard
Claude Garino original image
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Claude Garino
Jean-Claude Girardin original image
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Jean-Claude Girardin
Claude Glayman original image
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Claude Glayman
Lillis Kielland original image
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Lillis Kielland
Pierre Leray original image
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Pierre Leray
Paul Kobisch original image
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Paul Kobisch
Simone Mohr original image
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Simone Mohr
Jean Mohr original image
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Jean Mohr
Michel Monod original image
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Michel Monod
Louis Orhant original image
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Louis Orhant
Jacques Pous original image
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Jacques Pous

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