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By investigating the individual routes of thirty fates which entangle with the history of Algeria between 1954 and 1962, Patric Rotman goes deep into the frightful reality of a dirty war to understand how a young enlisted man of 19 can beat an Arab to death with a rock, how a youth of 20 could turn on the electricity to torture, shoot a wounded man at close range, rape a young girl. Understand why others, accomplices in silence, could grow used to it. Understand how this former young Resistance fighter, now an officer, could single out hostages for execution 15 years later. Understand why so many Free French veterans, as soldiers in Algeria could accept to use the same methods they had once fought against in their youth.

France - 2002 - 2x52'+100' - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Patrick Rotman Script Patrick Rotman Camera Claude Pavelek Sound Vitold Kubeck Editing Richard Bois Music Richard Bois

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