December
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.
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December
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 2, 1973
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, War
User Score
100%
Original Title
Décembre
Production Companies
Telcia Films, Office des Actualités Algériennes (OAA), Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Director
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Description
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.
Cast
Crew
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