December
1973, French. Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaDirector
- Michel AuclairColonel de St-Méran
- Sid Ali KouiretSi Ahmed
- Julien GuiomarLe général Beaumont
- Geneviève PageBéatrice de St-Mérand
- André ThorentLe général Michon
- Jean-Claude BercqLe commandant Leteil
- Mustapha KatebKhédija
- André RouyerL'aumônier
- Jacques FrançoisSerge de la Prévoteraie
- Jean-Pierre CastaldiCast
- Jacques CastelotCast
- Ben Ali ChoueraniCast
Details
- Released
- 2 January 1973
- Original title
- Décembre
- Country
- Algeria, France
- Written by
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
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December runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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December isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1973.
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Who directed December?
December (1973) was directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina and stars Michel Auclair, Sid Ali Kouiret, Julien Guiomar.