Elise, or Real Life

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

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Marie-José Nat

Elise Le Tellier

Mohamed Chouikh

Arezki

Bernadette Lafont

Anna

Jean-Pierre Bisson

Lucien Le Tellier

Catherine Allégret

Didi