The First Man (2011)
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
Director: Gianni Amelio
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Jacques Gamblin as Jacques Cormery |
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Maya Sansa as Catherine Cormery (1924) |
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Catherine Sola as Catherine Cormery (1957) |
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Denis Podalydès as Professor Bernard |
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Ulla Baugué as Grandma |
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Nicolas Giraud as Uncle Étienne (1924) |
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Nino Jouglet as Jacques as a child |
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Abdelkarim Benhabouccha as Hamoud |
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Hachemi Abdelmalek as Aziz |
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Djamel Hadj Saïd as Hamoud as a child |
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Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Uncle Étienne (1957) |
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Jean-François Stévenin as Farmer |
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Michel Crémadès as Graveyard keeper |
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Mickaël Batret as Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret) |
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Jean Benoit Souilh as Student |
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Nicolas Lublin as Journalist |
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Florent Chesne as Student at the balcony |
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Franck Mercadal as Speaker |
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Alexandre Michel as Student |
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Benoit Bertran de Balanda as Student |
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Barthélémy Gilet as Jacques' classmate |
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Jean-Bastien Perichon as Jacques' classmate |
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Nathan Blanchedan as Jacques's classmate |
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Mohammed Boubker as Dogcatcher |
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Mohammed Boubker Jr. as Dogcatcher's son |
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Christophe Dimitri Réveille as Antoine |
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Régis Romele as Butcher |
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Jérôme Le Paulmier as Mill owner |
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Adij Benguettat as Mill owner's assistant |
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Celia Ouled Mohand as Child at the tipography |
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Roumayca Abbou as Child on the stairs |
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Ygal Egry as French officer |
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Mohammed Zahir Taifour as Hamoud's brother |
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Sacha Petronijevic as Civil servant |
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Hanaë Bardiaux as Girl in the bar |
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Maurice Antoni as Examining teacher |
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Alexandre Delamadeleine as Henri Cormery |
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Franck Beckmann as Settler |
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Oualahi Messouda as Aziz's mother |
| Editing | Carlo Simeoni | Editor |
| Directing | Gianni Amelio | Director |
| Writing | Gianni Amelio | Writer |
| Writing | Albert Camus | Novel |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yves Cape | Director of Photography |
| Art | Arnaud de Moléron | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Colin | Costume Design |
| Sound | François Waledisch | Sound |
| Sound | Élisabeth Paquotte | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Luan Amelio Ujkaj | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Bruno Pésery | Producer |
| Sound | Stéphane Thiébaut | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Giovanni Stabilini | Producer |
| Production | Yacine Laloui | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marco Chimenz | Producer |
| Production | Riccardo Tozzi | Producer |
| Production | Philippe Carcassonne | Producer |
