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.

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