CHoosing at Twenty

IMDb 6.8 2017 • 100 min • Documentary

Director

Villi Hermann

Country

DZ

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Freddy Buache
Freddy Buache Self
André Gazut
André Gazut Self
Diego Masson
Diego Masson Self
Nils Andersson
Nils Andersson Self
Jacques Baynac
Jacques Baynac Self