23 Jul 2020
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Inspired by the life of a fearless young officer who made history by becoming the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil War
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
Catherine Boskowitz The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb Juliette/Cléopâtre
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
Brigitte Lucas Mrs. Londres
Siradj Hachmi The Child Amar
Abderraouf Dzenekri The Child Mahmoud
Matthieu Balvet Dr. Lacaton
Miloud Yibrir Dr. Asselah
Salim Dada Abderrahmane Aziz
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