In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training before being sent to the front. Rémy March, Alain Charpentier and Raymond Dax are three such young men who have no interest in the military escapade and are reluctant conscripts. What they witness in Algeria will appall and transform them. Rape, torture, executions... there is no end to the atrocities in which they become unwilling participants. No wonder the French military are so willing to proclaim that there is nothing to report...
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Jacques Spiesser Rémy March
Jacques Weber Alain Charpentier
Jean-François Balmer Raymond Dax
Jacques Villeret Soldat Girot
Claude Brosset Adjudant chef Santoni
Michel Peyrelon Lieutenant Keller
Roland Blanche Sergent Lebel
Jean-Pierre Castaldi Sergent Carbone Hamid Djellouli Sergent Hamrane (as Ahmed Djellouli)
Albert Dray Soldat Titus
Rabah Loucif Supplétif Choukir
Philippe Leroy Commandant LecoqScreenings in Brussels
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