Algérie, été 62
Forty years after Algerian independence from French colonial rule, a looks at the tragic, extraordinary events during the advent of independence, from July to September 1962. An overwhelming majority of Algerians opted for a separation from France during the referendum organized on 3rd July '62. It was the beginning of a traumatic period of unrest and upheavals, but it did not end the war that had started seven years earlier. For three months during the summer of '62, heady independence festivities were followed by kidnapping of Europeans. On the one hand, Algerians rejoicing in their newly found freedom, on the other, the sorrow of exile for Europeans born in Algeria. There was fear of a continued war, but this time, a war between Algerians. And the country began to witness the terrible massacres of the Harkis...
France - 2002 - 52 mn - DV Cam - Colour and B&W
Director
Jean-Michel Meurice
Script
Jean-Michel Meurice, Benjamin Stora
Camera
Jean-Michel Meurice
Sound
Thierry Godard
Editing
Pascal Torbey
Music
Nicolas Ruelle
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Production
Point du Jour,
23, rue de Cronstadt,
75015 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 7544 8080
E-mail : agence@pointdujour.fr
Co-Production
Anthracite, France 5
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Sales
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23, rue de Cronstadt,
75015 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 7544 8080
E-mail : agence@pointdujour.fr |
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