Plot
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
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Cast
Clotilde Courau
Sabine
Thierry Fortineau
Papon
Jean-Michel Portal
Martin
Ouassini Embarek
Abdé
Atmen Kelif
Tarek
Florence Thomassin
Nathalie
Vahina Giocante
Marie-Hélène
Philippe Bas
Delmas
Lyèce Boukhitine
Le voisin d'Abde
Aurélien Recoing
Somveille
Jalil Naciri
Maurice
Serge Riaboukine
Brigadier Tiercé
Marie Denarnaud
Isabelle Martin
Frank Berjot
Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Ali Saïd
Jean-Michel Fête
Bertaut
Matthias Van Khache
Jojo
Michel Trillot
Marcel
Michel Scotto di Carlo
Level
Alain Rimoux
Chaix
Luc Palun
M. René
Grégoire Oestermann
Nicolas
Nicolas Jouhet
Ginet
Stefan Elbaum
Favre
Guillaume Cramoisan
Le médecin du centre de tri
Hocine Choutri
Ahmed
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Ministre Frey
Antoine Chain
Le planton Nanterre
Alexandre Carrière
L'infirmier du centre de tri
Loïc Brabant
Legay
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le patron d'Abde
Tayeb Belmihoub
Haroun
Adel Bencherif
Le collecteur
Patrick Bonnel
Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
Salem Kali
L'Algérien au barrage
Christophe Kourotchkine
Le journaliste
Jérôme Le Paulmier
Le tueur d'Abde
Julien Lucas
Michaud
Djemel Barek
L'homme de l'escalier
Mounir Margoum
Mohamed
Ahcène Nini
Le réfractaire
Reda Samoudi
Hocine
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Le rédacteur
Djamel Afnai
L'Algérien qui rit
Marie-Charlotte Salmon
A secretary
