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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Sid Ahmed AgoumiSlimane
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Mohamed Chouikh
Malek KatebBrahim
Brahim HadjadjLe Charretier
Djohra BacheneZhera
Jacques MonodL'administrateur
Areski NebtiCast
Jean BouiseMarc
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mostéfa StitiL'AuxiliaireExplore the crew
- Editor
- Rabah Dabouz
- Director
- Tewfik Farès
- Editor
- Hélène Arnal
- Writer
- Tewfik Farès
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Moustaki
- Director of Photography
- Rachid Merabtine