Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)How to become a killing machine in Algeria when, at the start, you are a Pacifist Breton. Let Lieutenant Perrin deal with this bunch of rebels and make them "true soldiers", who know how to... See full summary » Director:René VautierWriter:René Vautier |
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Alexandre Arcady | ... |
Noël
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Hamid Djellouli | ... |
Youssef
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Philippe Léotard | ... |
Le lieutenant Perrin
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Jacques Canselier | ... |
Coco
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Jean-Michel Ribes | ... |
Le curé
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Alain Scoff | ... |
Le soldat Lomic
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Jean-Jacques Moreau | ... |
Jacques
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Michel Elias | ... |
Robert
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Yves Branellec | ... |
L'instituteur
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Philippe Brizard | ... |
La Marie
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Charles Trétout | ... |
Charles
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Pierre Vautier | ... |
Pierrick
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Alain Vautier | ... |
Lanick
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Bernard Ramel | ... |
Nanard
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How to become a killing machine in Algeria when, at the start, you are a Pacifist Breton. Let Lieutenant Perrin deal with this bunch of rebels and make them "true soldiers", who know how to shoot, who know how to torture, who know how to kill. Only Noël resists, only Noël tries to do something to put an end to this folly... Written by Guy Bellinger
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12 May 1972 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Att vara tjugo år i Aurès-bergen See more »Filming Locations:
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I agree with all that has been said about the purely technical shortcomings of this movie. However, in 1972 the numerous dark sides of the war in Algeria were subjects of massive denial. This civil war represented a terrible trauma for the country. After 50 years and the publication of some archives one can only start to grasp the atrocity of this conflict with at last some objectivity.
This is why I think shooting this movie in 1972 was a courageous and meaningful achievement. 35 years later, some first-hand account of former enlisted soldiers tend to confirm the most gruesome elements of this fiction.