True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
91 mins
1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
Siradj Hachmi
The Child Amar
Abderraouf Dzenekri
The Child Mahmoud
Matthieu Balvet
Dr. Lacaton
Miloud Yibrir
Dr. Asselah
Salim Dada
Abderrahmane Aziz
Samah Belkhiri
Nefissa Hamoud
Halim Chanane
The « World War » Patient
Amine Guerrache
The Workmen Patient
Mohamed Bencherchali
The Workmen Patient
Paul Desfarges
The Priest
Olivier Fanon
Marcel Manville
Assia Benaissa
Assistant Director
Mohamed Amine Bendali
Gaffer
Youcef Abba
Editor
Maya Mancer
Production Design
Asma Ben Naoum
Costume Design
Julia Didier
Costume Design
Fred Salles
Sound
Toufik Bouterfa
Hairdresser
Karima Laouir
Makeup Artist
Lynda Cherouati
Makeup Artist
Toti Basso
Music
Fred Bielle
Sound Mixer
Smail Lif
Production Manager