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
2025 · 91 min
History · Drama · Documentary
★ 6.01953, 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.
Crew
- Director Abdenour Zahzah
- Writer Abdenour Zahzah
- Director of Photography Aurélien Py
Cast
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz
The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal
Nouï
Chahrazad Kracheni
Josie Fanon
Frédéric Restagno
The Police Commissioner
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Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
- T
Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
Crew
- Director — Abdenour Zahzah
- Writer — Abdenour Zahzah
- Director of Photography — Aurélien Py
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