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•1h 31m•6.0•Released
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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.
Director
Abdenour Zahzah
Writer
Abdenour Zahzah
Languages
Arabic, French
Studio
Atlas Film Production
Cast
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz
The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal
Nouï
Chahrazad Kracheni
Josie Fanon
Frédéric Restagno
The Police Commissioner
Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
Nacereddine Djoudi
The FLN Activist Patient
Production
Company
Atlas Film Production
Company
Shellac Sud
Company
CADC
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