Maurice Audin, a story of mathematicians (2018)
On September 13, 2018, President Emmanuel Macron visited Josette Audin at her home in Bagnolet to ask for her forgiveness, presenting her with a declaration acknowledging that her husband had died under torture at the hands of a "legally established system" implemented by the former French colonial power in Algeria. This acknowledgment, however belated, is a victory for Josette Audin and her family, but above all, it is a victory for human rights, achieved together by mathematicians and historians. This film retraces this shared commitment against torture and state abuses, first within the Audin Committee and then within the Committee of Mathematicians, which also intervened to support other mathematicians imprisoned and sometimes tortured around the world.
Director: François Demerliac
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Maurice Audin as Self (archive footages) |
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Josette Audin as Self |
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Michèle Audin as Self |
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Pierre Audin as Self |
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Pierre Vidal-Naquet as Self |
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Pierre Braun as Self |
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Gérard Tronel as Self |
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Michel Broué as Self |
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Pierre Mansat as Self |
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Benjamin Stora as Self |
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Emmanuel Macron as Self |
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Léonid Pliouchtch as Self (archive footages) |
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François Hollande as Self (archive footages) |
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Cédric Villani as Self |
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Sylvie Thénault as Self |
| Directing | François Demerliac | Director |
| Writing | François Demerliac | Writer |
| Production | Alain Labouze | Head of Programming |
| Production | Ghislaine Mouton | Production Manager |
| Crew | François Demerliac | Cinematography |
