December

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Writers

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Georges Arnaud, Mohamed Maarfia

Language

French

Country

Algeria, France

Release date

2 January 1973

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Michel Auclair

  Colonel de St-Méran

• 

  Sid Ali Kouiret

  Si Ahmed

• 

  Julien Guiomar

  Le général Beaumont

• 

  Geneviève Page

  Béatrice de St-Mérand

• 

  André Thorent

  Le général Michon

• Jean-Claude Bercq

  Le commandant Leteil

• 

  Mustapha Kateb

  Khédija

• 

  André Rouyer

  L'aumônier

• 

  Jacques François

  Serge de la Prévoteraie

• 

  Jean-Pierre Castaldi

• 

  Jacques Castelot

• Ben Ali Chouerani