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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Freddy Buache, André Gazut, Diego Masson, Nils Andersson, Jacques Baynac, Anita Bernard
Crew: Villi Hermann (Director), Villi Hermann (Writer), Eve Martin (Writer), Jean Reusser (Editor), Emilie Chappatte (Editor), Zeno Gabaglio (Music)
Country: Algeria, Switzerland
Language: العربية, Français
Studio: Imagofilm Lugano, RTS, RSI, Cirta Films
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 24, 2017
IMDb: 4.2
