December poster

December

10.0(2)19731h 35m1

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.

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Released
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Language
Arabic
  • racism
  • algeria
  • french colonialism
  • north africa
  • algerian war (1954-62)
  • torture victim
  • guerilla army
  • maghreb
  • djazair
  • algerian resistance
  • independance war

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Algeria, France

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Release dates

  • AlgeriaDZ

    • Theatrical2 Jan 1973
  • FranceFR

    • Premiere3 Mar 1973

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December was released on 2 January 1973.

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