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December (1973)

December (1973)

Drama War
Release Date: 1973, January 2
Directors: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Countries: Algeria, France
Production: Telcia Films, Office des Actualités Algériennes (OAA), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Cast: Michel Auclair, Jacques François, Geneviève Page, Julien Guiomar, André Thorent, Jean-Claude Bercq, André Rouyer, Sid Ali Kouiret, Mustapha Kateb

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

racism north africa french colonialism algeria algerian war (1954-62) djazair maghreb algerian resistance torture victim guerilla army independance war