Synopsis
1961, Abdessellem, twenty, leaves Algeria after a few months of confinement and tortures in the French jails. He goes to Montreuil, a Paris region, where his brother, Djilloul, and his cousins, Belkacem and Messaoud, are blue-collar workers and FLN activists. He settles down with them in a room, without water nor electricity, near a railroad. As they, he fights and dreams of the Independence, back in his small village. The Independence comes, but the four men stay in France. In 1964, they leave their hut to settle down in the Sonacotra foyers.
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Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Acis Productions
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producers : Corentin Dong-Jin Sénéchal, Vanessa Ramonbordes
- Screenwriters : Sophie Delvallée, Nathalie Guisset
- Assistant directors : Muriel Monnard, Rémy De Vaucorbeil
- Editor : Delphine Dumont
- Sound Editor : Emmanuel Bonnat
- Continuity supervisor : Delphine Dumont
- Colorization : Guilain Depardieu
- Grader : Guilain Depardieu
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Bonnat
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Immigration
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 36 min
- Visa number : 125.294
- Visa issue date : 07/10/2010
- Production formats : Video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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According to the memoirs of Abdessellem Arjoud.
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