CHoosing at Twenty

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 24, 2017

Original language

French

Countries

Algeria, Switzerland

Production

RTS,RSI,Imagofilm Lugano,Cirta Films

Cast

Freddy Buache,André Gazut,Diego Masson,Nils Andersson,Jacques Baynac,Anita Bernard,André Bernard,Claude Garino,Jean-Claude Girardin,Claude Glaymanand 8 more

Director

Villi Hermann

Writer

Villi Hermann,Eve Martin

Producer

Villi Hermann,Silvana Bezzola Rigolini,Irène Challand,Hachemi Zertal

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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