They were called up during the “events” in Algeria in 1960. Two years later, Bernard, Rabut, Fevrier and others returned to France. They were quiet, living their lives.
But sometimes it takes almost nothing, a birthday, a gift that fits in the pocket, forty years later the past bursts into the lives of those who believed they could deny it.
This square is the setting for Lucas Belvaux’s powerful historical drama Men, a film about the scars of the Algerian war, a big screen adaptation of Laurent Mounier’s novel, published in 2009 by Editions de Minuit.
In the casting of this exciting, modest and sensitive production, we find a trio of Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Daroussin and Catherine Frot, all excellent.
“For those who returned, this war was never over because it was never named, never seen as such”declares Lucas Belvo.
“It’s as if they never fought. Like Fabrizio in Waterloo, our heroes see only what they experienced. That is, fragments, moments. They did what they thought was their duty and later realized that they were in a terrible situation. Mechanism.
Without having the words to speak about it, without the certainty that you will be heard and understood. It is often said that the elders of Algeria did not tell their stories, I believe above all that no one wanted to hear them.
The Belgian film director was celebrated with a novel Laurent Moignier. He explains: “The themes developed caught my attention because they echo questions that have bothered me for years: the confrontation of individual destiny with a larger history, memories, guilt, secret wounds and the indelible mark that war leaves on the conscience.
Tonight on France 3 at 21:10.
Source: Allocine
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