December - 1973

December 1973 Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Décembre

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.

Country Algeria

Production Countries Algeria , France

Language French

Spoken Languages Arabic , French

Gneres Drama , War

Production Companies Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC) , Telcia Films , Office des Actualités Algériennes (OAA)

Release Date 2 January 1973

95 mins