December (1973)

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.

Release Date : Jan 02, 1973

Runtime : 1h 35m

Genre : Drama  War  

Companies : Telcia Films, Office des Actualités Algériennes (OAA), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Countries : Algeria, France

Keywords : algeria, french colonialism, north africa, algerian war (1954-62), torture victim, guerilla army, maghreb, djazair, algerian resistance, independance war, french racism