December (1973)

December (1973)

1973-01-02 Algeria, France 95 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

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