Film

December

1973 · 1h 35m · Drama · War

IMDb

4.8

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.

Michel Auclair

Colonel de St-Méran

Sid Ali Kouiret

Si Ahmed

Julien Guiomar

Le général Beaumont

Geneviève Page

Béatrice de St-Mérand

André Thorent

Le général Michon

Jean-Claude Bercq

Le commandant Leteil

Mustapha Kateb

Khédija

André Rouyer

L'aumônier

Jacques François

Serge de la Prévoteraie

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Jacques Castelot

Ben Ali Chouerani

Gérard Darrieu

Hassan El-Hassani

Keltoum

Malik Lakhdar-Hamina

• Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaDirector · Writer
• Jean CharveinDirector of Photography
• Philippe ArthuysOriginal Music Composer
• Hélène ArnalEditor
• Arnaud PetitEditor

Release date

January 2, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama, War

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