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
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.
Top Billed Cast
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
Featured Crew
Abdenour Zahzah
Director
Abdenour Zahzah
Writer
Assia Benaissa
Assistant Director
Aurélien Py
Director of Photography
Mohamed Amine Bendali
Gaffer
Abdenour Zahzah
Editor
Youcef Abba
Editor
Maya Mancer
Production Design
Asma Ben Naoum
Costume Design
Julia Didier
Costume Design
Fred Salles
Sound
Toufik Bouterfa
Hairdresser
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