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Général, nous voilà !

  • Général, nous voilà !
Genre : Historical
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv, History/society
Year of production : 1997
Format : Feature
Running time : 60 (in minutes)

General De Gaulles' government: the first unwise measures are being instituted in Algeria and Morocco.  After listening to the false promises and rumors, hundreds of Moroccan veterans move to France. Veterans who took part in the last war have seen their war pension freeze after the independence of their country. In 1997, upon the reviewing of their situation, a group of vets went before the Court of Bordeaux to negotiate their right of benefitting from a war pension.

Ali Essafi's first film. 

Language: French, Arabic

Director of photography: Isabelle Fermon 
Sound egineer: Yolande De Carsin 
Editing : Alberto Yacelini 

With the participation of the CNC (France).

Festivals: 
5th Biennale des cinémas arabes (PARIS, France), June 30th to July 9th, 2000. > Maroc en images - Rétrospective du cinéma marocain 
Filmer à tout prix - Festival du documentaire - 8th edition (BRUSSELS, Belgium), November 20th to 23rd, 1998.
Milan 1999
Mica 2001

Organizations

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam

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