Fanon

Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique, has just been appointed head of department at the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria. His methods contrast with those of the other doctors in a context of colonization. A biopic in the heart of the Algerian war where a fight is waged in the name of Humanity.

The Battle of Algiers

1966

Italian

8.1

♡ 38

99%

Gillo Pontecorvo Director

Tommaso Neri as Captain

Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar

Rouïched as The Drunk Man

Franco Morici as (uncredited)

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.

Monsieur Lazhar

2011

French

7.5

♡ 6

98%

Philippe Falardeau Director

Sophie Nélisse as Alice L'Écuyer

Héléna Laliberté as Martine Lachance

Daniel Gadouas as Me Gilbert Danis

Émilien Néron as Simon

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

Days of Glory

2006

French

7.0

♡ 10

83%

institutional discrimination

northern africa

War

world war ii

Rachid Bouchareb Director

Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader

Mélanie Laurent as Margueritte village Vosges

Philippe Beglia as Rambert

Samy Naceri as Yassir

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…

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