

4 votes
1969
1h 37m
In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.
Directed by Tewfik Farès

Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Slimane
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Moh
Mohamed Chouikh
Ali
Malek Kateb
Brahim
Brahim Hadjadj
Le Charretier
Djohra Bachene
Zhera
Jacques Monod
L'administrateur
Areski Nebti

Jean Bouise
Marc
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

Mostéfa Stiti
L'AuxiliaireJane Augier
HélèneNourredine Agoulmine
Salima
Marien Bengharbi
Tayeb Abou El Hassan
José Villa
Yannick Brouville
Kaci Ouchen
Ali Doumi
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1969
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Arabic, French