Storyline
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
Cast & Crew
Freddy Buache
Self
Lead
André Gazut
Self
Diego Masson
Self
NA
Nils Andersson
Self
JB
Jacques Baynac
Self
AB
Anita Bernard
Self
AB
André Bernard
Self
CG
Claude Garino
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Villi Hermann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. CHoosing at Twenty is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
