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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 (2025)
Directed by Abdenour Zahzah
History, Drama, Documentary · 1h 31m
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
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Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
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Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
Crew
- Director
- Abdenour Zahzah
- Writer
- Abdenour Zahzah
- Director of Photography
- Aurélien Py
- Original Music Composer
- Toti Basso
- Editor
- Abdenour Zahzah, Youcef Abba
Details
- Original title
- Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956
- Release date
- 2025-07-23
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- History, Drama, Documentary
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Algeria, France
- Production
- Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC