CHoosing at Twenty
2017•1h 40m•6.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Villi Hermann
Writer
Villi Hermann, Eve Martin
Languages
Arabic, French
Studio
Imagofilm Lugano
Cast
Freddy Buache
Self
André Gazut
Self
Diego Masson
Self
Nils Andersson
Self
Jacques Baynac
Self
Anita Bernard
Self
André Bernard
Self
Claude Garino
Self
Jean-Claude Girardin
Self
Claude Glayman
Self
Lillis Kielland
Self
Pierre Leray
Self
Paul Kobisch
Self
Simone Mohr
Self
Jean Mohr
Self
Production
Company
Imagofilm Lugano
Company
RTS
Company
RSI
Company
Cirta Films
Producer
Villi Hermann
Producer
Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
Producer
Irène Challand
Producer
Hachemi Zertal
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