Heliopolis

Overview

In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.

Directed by Djaffar Gacem

Top cast

Aziz Boukrouni

Mokdad

Mehdi Ramdani

Mahfoud

Souhila Mallem

Nedjma

Alexis Rangheard

Gervais

Mourad Oudjit

Bachir

Fodil Assoul

Sedek

Jacques Serres

Marcel Lavie

Cesar Duminil

Claude Roland

Laurent Gernigon

Bertrand Roland

Mustapha Laribi

Farhad Abass

Nacereddine Djoudi

Smail

Mohamed Frimehdi

Mabrouk

Serge Requet-Barville

Commandant Ballard

Bilal Boussoualim

Siridi

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Wanis Hadj Mohamed

Hamouda

Vincent de Boüard

Achiary

Peggy Korum

Josiane Roland

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Abdelhak Zorgane

Ahmed

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Amine Haishem Mohamed

Boumaaza

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Karim Liazid

Jacques

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