December (1973)
Décembre
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.
- Date of release
- 1973-01-02
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Casting
- Michel Auclair — Colonel de St-Méran
- Sid Ali Kouiret — Si Ahmed
- Julien Guiomar — Le général Beaumont
- Geneviève Page — Béatrice de St-Mérand
- André Thorent — Le général Michon
- Jean-Claude Bercq — Le commandant Leteil
- Mustapha Kateb — Khédija
- André Rouyer — L'aumônier
- Jacques François — Serge de la Prévoteraie
- Jean-Pierre Castaldi
- Jacques Castelot
- Ben Ali Chouerani
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