CHOOSING AT TWENTY
synopsis
Between 1954 and 1962, some young Frenchmen refused to participate in putting down the Algerian War of Independence. These draft dodgers believed in non-violence or were against colonialism. Some of them fled to Switzerland where they received help from Swiss citizens, whereas in France they were condemned as traitors. A few months after Independence, the filmmaker went to Algeria to help reopen a school. He has recently been back to Algeria.
international title: | CHoosing at Twenty |
original title: | CHoisir à vingt ans |
country: | Switzerland, Algeria |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Villi Hermann |
film run: | 100' |
screenplay: | Villi Hermann, Eve Martin |
cinematography by: | Villi Hermann |
film editing: | Jean Reusser, Emilie Chappatte |
music: | Zeno Gabaglio |
producer: | Villi Hermann, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini, Irène Challand, Hachemi Zertal |
production: | Imagofilm SA Lugano, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Cirta Films (DZ) |