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Elise, or Real Life (1970)

Elise, or Real Life (1970)

Drama
Release Date: 1970, November 25
Directors: Michel Drach
Countries: Algeria, France
Production: Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Port Royal Films, Port Royal Films
Cast: Catherine Allégret, Martine Chevallier, Yves Barsacq, Marie-José Nat, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Darras, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Mustapha Chadli, Alice Reichen

Overview:

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

Keywords:

racism love story working class working immigrants algerian diaspora