True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

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NR

Genre: History Drama Documentary
Release year: 2025
Running time: 91 min
Country: Algeria

1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.

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Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Frédéric Restagno
The Police Commissioner
Gérard Dubouche
Dr. Ramée
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
Rachid Benallal
Nouï
Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Amal Kateb
Juliette/Cléopâtre

Toti Basso
Music
Abdenour Zahzah
Director
Aurélien Py
Director of Photography
Fred Bielle
Sound Mixer
Asma Ben Naoum
Costume Design
Fred Salles
Sound
Assia Benaissa
Assistant Director
Mohamed Amine Bendali
Gaffer

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