The story
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.
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Jacques GamblinJacques Cormery
Maya SansaCatherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine SolaCatherine Cormery (1957)
Denis PodalydèsProfessor BernardUlla Baugué
Ulla BauguéGrandma
Nicolas GiraudUncle Étienne (1924)Nino Jouglet
Nino JougletJacques as a childDjamel Hadj Saïd
Djamel Hadj SaïdHamoud as a child
Jean-Paul BonnaireUncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François StéveninFarmerExplore the crew
- Director
- Gianni Amelio
- Original Music Composer
- Franco Piersanti
- Director of Photography
- Yves Cape
- Writer
- Gianni Amelio
- Editor
- Carlo Simeoni
- Producer
- Bruno Pésery
- Producer
- Marco Chimenz
- Producer
- Giovanni Stabilini
- Producer
- Philippe Carcassonne
- Producer
- Riccardo Tozzi