
December
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.
Top Billed Cast

Michel Auclair
Colonel de St-Méran

Sid Ali Kouiret
Si Ahmed

Julien Guiomar
Le général Beaumont

Geneviève Page
Béatrice de St-Mérand

André Thorent
Le général Michon
Featured Crew

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Director

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Writer

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Dialogue

Georges Arnaud
Dialogue
Mohamed Maarfia
Original Concept
Youcef Akam
Set Photographer
Hélène Arnal
Editor
Gérard Delassus
Sound
Arnaud Petit
Editor
Jean Charvein
Director of Photography