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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

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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.

Directed by Abdenour Zahzah

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12 credited

Alexandre Desane
Alexandre DesaneFrantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz FanonSelf (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
Gérard DuboucheDr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
Nicolas DromardThe Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
Omar BoulakirbaMr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz
Catherine BoskowitzThe Head Nurse
Amal Kateb
Amal KatebJuliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal
Rachid BenallalNouï
Chahrazad Kracheni
Chahrazad KracheniJosie Fanon
Frédéric Restagno
Frédéric RestagnoThe Police Commissioner
Abdelkader Affak
Abdelkader AffakThe Survivor
Tahar Benayachi
Tahar BenayachiThe Locked Up

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