CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 40m

CHoosing at Twenty

68%(4)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byVilli Hermann

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 40m
Language: FR
Released: August 24, 2017

Studios

Imagofilm Lugano

RTS

RSI

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Freddy Buache

Freddy Buache

Self

André Gazut

André Gazut

Self

Diego Masson

Diego Masson

Self

Nils Andersson

Self

Jacques Baynac

Self

Anita Bernard

Self

André Bernard

Self

Claude Garino

Self

Jean-Claude Girardin

Self

Claude Glayman

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Villi Hermann
Written by: Villi Hermann
Eve Martin
Produced by: Villi Hermann
Silvana Bezzola Rigolini

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