Storyline
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
Michel Auclair
Colonel de St-Méran
Lead
Sid Ali Kouiret
Si Ahmed
Julien Guiomar
Le général Beaumont
Geneviève Page
Béatrice de St-Mérand
André Thorent
Le général Michon
JB
Jean-Claude Bercq
Le commandant Leteil
Mustapha Kateb
Khédija
André Rouyer
L'aumônier
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. December is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
