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December
Release Date: Jan 02, 1973
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Genres: 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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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
Featured Crew
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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Director
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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Writer
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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Dialogue
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Georges Arnaud | Dialogue
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Mohamed Maarfia | Original Concept
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Youcef Akam | Set Photographer