Movie
CHoosing at Twenty
6.8/10
2017
1h 40m
fr
Documentary
Overview
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.
Director
Villi Hermann
Writers
Villi Hermann, Eve Martin
Movie Information
Release Date
August 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
Status
Released
Original Language
fr
Vote Count
4
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