Movie Description

CHoisir à vingt ans

(2017)

Overview

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.

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Facts

Original TitleCHoisir à vingt ans

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2017-08-24

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 40m

Homepagehttps://www.on-tenk.com/fr/documentaires/histoire/choisir-a-vingt-ans

Production CompaniesImagofilm Lugano,RTS,RSI,Cirta Films

Genres

  • Documentary