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 (2025)
2025 · 1h 31m · History, Drama, Documentary
Genres: History, Drama, Documentary
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…
Director: Abdenour Zahzah
Writers: Abdenour Zahzah
Music by: Toti Basso
Cinematography: Aurélien Py
Editor: Abdenour Zahzah, Youcef Abba
Cast
Alexandre Desane as Frantz FanonFrantz Fanon as Self (archive footage)Gérard Dubouche as Dr. RaméeNicolas Dromard as The Hospital DirectorOmar Boulakirba as Mr. CharefCatherine Boskowitz as The Head NurseAmal Kateb as Juliette/CléopâtreRachid Benallal as NouïChahrazad Kracheni as Josie FanonFrédéric Restagno as The Police CommissionerAbdelkader Affak as The SurvivorTahar Benayachi as The Locked UpMore like this
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