CHoosing at Twenty (2017)
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.
Director: Villi Hermann
https://www.on-tenk.com/fr/documentaires/histoire/choisir-a-vingt-ans
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Freddy Buache as Self |
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André Gazut as Self |
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Diego Masson as Self |
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Nils Andersson as Self |
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Jacques Baynac as Self |
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Anita Bernard as Self |
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André Bernard as Self |
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Claude Garino as Self |
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Jean-Claude Girardin as Self |
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Claude Glayman as Self |
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Lillis Kielland as Self |
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Pierre Leray as Self |
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Paul Kobisch as Self |
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Simone Mohr as Self |
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Jean Mohr as Self |
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Michel Monod as Self |
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Louis Orhant as Self |
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Jacques Pous as Self |
| Directing | Villi Hermann | Director |
| Writing | Villi Hermann | Writer |
| Writing | Eve Martin | Writer |
| Editing | Jean Reusser | Editor |
| Editing | Emilie Chappatte | Editor |
| Sound | Zeno Gabaglio | Music |
| Production | Villi Hermann | Producer |
| Production | Silvana Bezzola Rigolini | Producer |
| Production | Irène Challand | Producer |
| Production | Hachemi Zertal | Producer |
| Sound | Hamid Hosmani | Sound |