To Be Twenty in the Aures
To Be Twenty in the Aures

To Be Twenty in the Aures

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1972•100 min•DramaWar
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Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard
Lieutenant Perrin
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Hamid Djellouli
Youssef
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady
Noël
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes
Priest
Jacques Canselier
Jacques Canselier
Coco
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Jacques
A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horrors of war gradually become killing machines. One of them did not accept it and deserted, taking with him an FLN prisoner who was to be executed the next day.
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