CHoosing at Twenty

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Documentary

Overview

Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.

Keywords

pacifism
french colonialism
algerian war (1954-62)
algeria
anti-colonialism
djazair
conscientious objectors
antimilitarism

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 24, 2017
Original language: French
Countries: Algeria, Switzerland
Production: RTS,RSI,Imagofilm Lugano,Cirta Films,Imagofilm Lugano, RTS, RSI, Cirta Films
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt6908856