A testimonial film about events that took place over thirty years ago, on October 17, 1961, in Paris, during the Algerian war. Based primarily on interviews with those involved in the events, together with archive footage, photos and radio documents from the period, our investigation proves that almost 200 Algerians were killed (drowned, tortured) by the French police.The film asks two key questions: how could such events have taken place in the capital of a Western democracy just thirty years ago? And why have they been ignored ever since?
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Cast
Jacques Panijel
Jacques Panijel
Juliette Brançon
Juliette Brançon
Adam Messaoud
Awam Messaoud
Cherhabil Hachemi
Cherhabil Hachemi
Djouher Kessaci
Djouher Kessaci
Aïcha Farhi
Aïcha Farhi
Jean-Louis Peninou
Jean-Louis Peninou
Elie Kagan
Elie Kagan
Roger Chaix
Roger Chaix
Omar Boudaoud
Omar Boudaoud

Constantin Melnik
Constantin Melnik
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