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Alger la Blanche

Country: France, Language: French, 28 mins

  • Director: Cyril Collard
  • Writer: Cyril Collard; Jean-Marie Guillaume
  • Producer: Cyril Collard; Janine Collard

CGiii Comment

It's intense. It's erratic and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

One minute he's alive, the next...he's dead. What follows is just one incomprehensible argument.

Collard's self-indulgence permeates his work...he might have been driving the bus...but, he has no passengers.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Farid is caught in the gears of the policial system. After his death, the contained pain and violence eventually explode and Jean leaves for Algeria by himself.

Cast & Characters

Frederic Deban as Jean;
Ali Baouche as Farid;
Farida Chrouki as Nahed;
Aissa Djabri as Hassan;
Mohamed Zran as Mohammed;
Sahalia Baouche as La mere;
Tawfik El Sherbini as L'oncle;
Larbi Bekka as Le jeune cousin;
Henri Lopez-Terres as Le juge;
Rene-Marc Bini as Un policier;
Michel Delpech as Un policier;
Gregoire Colart as Un policier;
Dominique Testud as Un policier;
Fernand Midavaine as Un policier;
Frederic Delpech as Un policier