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Cast

Gilberte Chemouilli

Gilberte Chemouilli

Self

William Sportisse

William Sportisse

Self

Crew

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Director

Jean Asselmeyer

Jean Asselmeyer

Director

Octávio Espírito Santo

Octávio Espírito Santo

Cinematography

Jean Asselmeyer

Jean Asselmeyer

Writer

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Writer

Mathurin Peschet

Mathurin Peschet

Cinematography

Ahmed Medhi Sekkal

Ahmed Medhi Sekkal

Cinematography

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne

Cinematography

Khadicha Bariha

Khadicha Bariha

Editor

Frédéric Vidal

Frédéric Vidal

Editor

Yanis Boudris

Yanis Boudris

Music

Kamel Baibout

Kamel Baibout

Music

Edouard Pons

Edouard Pons

Sound Mix Technician

Erwan Dean

Erwan Dean

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Two Lives for Algeria and All the Wretched of the Earth

20258.0 / 1055 min
Documentary, History

Overview

In 1994, at over seventy years old, Gilberte and William Sportisse, threatened by the FIS, arrived from Algeria. Of Jewish faith, he of Arabic mother tongue, they formed a fighting couple, started for the independence of Algeria, always with an unshakeable faith in humanity. They enjoy recounting the participation of Algerian Jews in the Second World War and the struggle for Algerian independence. They provide us with previously unpublished information on the public and clandestine struggles of the Algerian Communist Party before and after independence, and on the repression of activists who, like William and Gilberte Sportisse, were tortured and imprisoned after Colonel Boumédiène came to power. The film is an ode to understanding between people of different origins or cultures and a tribute to a couple whose youthful character and enthusiasm still astonish.