Stay In Algeria (2012)
Algeria, summer 1962, eight hundred thousand French people left their native land in a tragic exodus. But 200,000 of them decided to attempt the adventure of independent Algeria. Over the following decades, political developments would push many of these pieds-noirs into exile towards France. But some never left. Germaine, Adrien, Cécile, Guy, Jean-Paul, Marie-France, Denis and Félix, Algerians of European origin, are among them. Some have Algerian nationality, others do not. Some speak Arabic, others do not. They are the last witnesses to the little-known history of these Europeans who remained out of loyalty to an ideal, a taste for adventure and an unconditional love for a land where they were born, despite all the ups and downs that the free Algeria in full construction had to go through.
Directors: Philippe Baron, Géraldine Schwarz.
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Félix Colozzi as Self (Militant syndicaliste anticolonialiste et Moudjahid) |
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Denis Gonzales as Self (Prêtre, Directeur des Services Caritas d'Algérie) |
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Jean-Paul Grangaud as Self (Pédiatre) |
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Marie-France Grangaud as Self |
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Germaine Ripoll as Self |
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Sélim Grangaud as Self |
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Adrien Lopez as Self |
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Maurice Baglietto as Self (Militant syndicaliste anticolonialiste et Moudjahid) |
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Cécile Serra as Self |
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Rachid Ramdane as Self (Chef de service pédiatrie) |
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Guy Bonifacio as Self |
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Lucette Lopez as Self |
| Writing | Philippe Baron | Writer |
| Writing | Géraldine Schwarz | Writer |
| Directing | Philippe Baron | Director |
| Sound | Yan Volsy | Music |
| Directing | Géraldine Schwarz | Director |
| Editing | Denis Le Paven | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Christine Mousset | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Sound | Kamel Mekesser | Sound |
| Sound | Mohamed Amine Teggar | Sound |
| Editing | Didier Gohel | Color Grading |