Last Image

Last Image (1986)

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Seen through the filtered lens of boyhood memories, award-winning director Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina crafted this half-fictional, half-autobiographical account of a brief period in the history of an Algerian village. It is 1940, and the quiet town is ruled by French colonialists appointed by the Vichy government. Algerians are being called up for service in the Vichy military, and Jews in the village are in danger of deportation. A beautiful young schoolteacher named Claire Boyer (Veronique Jannot) arrives in town and turns every male head within miles, including 14-year-old Mouloud (Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, the director's son). Simon Attal (Michel Boujenah), a fellow teacher and a Jew, is also attracted to Claire, and so is Mouloud's older brother. Suddenly two murders occur in the village, Simon is in danger of being deported, and the tone shifts from the dreams of boyhood to the realities of manhood.

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Casts

	Véronique Jannot as Claire Boyer
	Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina as Mouloud
	Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir as
	Jean Bouise as Langlois
	Jean-François Balmer as Miller
	Michel Boujenah as Simon Attal
	Hassan El-Hassani as Touhami
	Mustapha El Anka as Kabrane
	Malik Lakhdar-Hamina as Bachir
	Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Oncle Amar
	Mustapha Preure as Boutaleb
	Rachid Fares as Omar
	Geneviève Mnich as Madame Lanier
	Brigitte Catillon as Madame Lenguenel

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