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December (1973)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 0M

Director : Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Synopsis

During the Algerian war of independence, one of the FLN's leaders was arrested by the army, which uses the most violent methods to make the prisoners talk. The use of torture poses a case of conscience to a French officer. A play between the field against the field, between the tortured and his torturer, behind a stifling closed door.

Actors

Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair
Colonel de St-Méran
Sid Ali Kouiret
Sid Ali Kouiret
Si Ahmed
Julien Guiomar
Julien Guiomar
Le général Beaumont
Geneviève Page
Geneviève Page
Béatrice de St-Mérand
André Thorent
André Thorent
Le général Michon
Jean-Claude Bercq
Jean-Claude Bercq
Le commandant Leteil
Mustapha Kateb
Mustapha Kateb
Khédija
André Rouyer
André Rouyer
L'aumônier
Jacques François
Jacques François
Serge de la Prévoteraie

Crews

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Director
Jean Charvein
Jean Charvein
Director of Photography
Hélène Arnal
Hélène Arnal
Editor
Arnaud Petit
Arnaud Petit
Editor
Gérard Delassus
Gérard Delassus
Sound

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