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
History / Drama / Documentary
6.0 (2)
1 hr 31 min
Arabic
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC
Keywords
- biography
- algeria
- struggle for independence
- frantz fanon
- francafrique
- panafricanism
- djazair
- anti-imperialism
- occidental opression
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Top Cast
Alexandre Desane as Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon as Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche as Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard as The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba as Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz as The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb as Juliette
Rachid Benallal as Nouï
Top Crew
Abdenour Zahzah · Director, Writer
Aurélien Py · Cinematographer
Youcef Abba · Editor
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