Overview

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.

Featured Cast

Michel Auclair

Sid Ali Kouiret

Julien Guiomar

Geneviève Page

André Thorent

Mustapha Kateb

André Rouyer

Jacques François

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Jacques Castelot