The First Man (2011)
Le Premier Homme
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
- Date of release
- 2011-09-09
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (42)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Gianni Amelio
Casting
- Jacques Gamblin — Jacques Cormery
- Maya Sansa — Catherine Cormery (1924)
- Catherine Sola — Catherine Cormery (1957)
- Denis Podalydès — Professor Bernard
- Ulla Baugué — Grandma
- Nicolas Giraud — Uncle Étienne (1924)
- Nino Jouglet — Jacques as a child
- Abdelkarim Benhabouccha — Hamoud
- Hachemi Abdelmalek — Aziz
- Djamel Hadj Saïd — Hamoud as a child
- Jean-Paul Bonnaire — Uncle Étienne (1957)
- Jean-François Stévenin — Farmer
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