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.
as Abdé
as Tarek
as Ali Saïd
as Ahmed
as Mohamed
as Le réfractaire
as Maurice
as L'Algérien au barrage
as Hocine
as L'homme de l'escalier
as Haroun
as Le collecteur
as Sabine
as Martin
as Nathalie
as Marie-Hélène
as Delmas
as Somveille
as Brigadier Tiercé
as Isabelle Martin
as Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
as Papon
as Le voisin d'Abde
as Bertaut
as Jojo
as Marcel
as Level
as Chaix
as M. René
as Nicolas
as Ginet
as Favre
as Le médecin du centre de tri
as Ministre Frey
as Le planton Nanterre
as L'infirmier du centre de tri
as Legay
as Le patron d'Abde
as Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
as Le journaliste
as Le tueur d'Abde
as Michaud
as Le rédacteur
as L'Algérien qui rit
as A secretary
