Servers

December

1973 95 min ★ 10.0 Drama War

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.

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Writer: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Cast

Michel Auclair Michel Auclair Colonel de St-Méran
Sid Ali Kouiret Sid Ali Kouiret Si Ahmed
Julien Guiomar Julien Guiomar Le général Beaumont
Geneviève Page Geneviève Page Béatrice de St-Mérand
André Thorent André Thorent Le général Michon
Jean-Claude Bercq Jean-Claude Bercq Le commandant Leteil
Mustapha Kateb Mustapha Kateb Khédija
André Rouyer André Rouyer L'aumônier
Jacques François Jacques François Serge de la Prévoteraie
Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jacques Castelot Jacques Castelot
Ben Ali Chouerani Ben Ali Chouerani