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The Silence of the River (1991)
Directed by Medhi Lallaoui, Agnès Denis
Documentary · 52m
“Forgetting is complicit in recidivism,” says the commentary of this film dedicated to the demonstration of October 17, 1961 in Paris and the savage repression that followed. 11,538 Algerians will be arrested, which is reminiscent of the great Vel d’hiv roundup of July 16 and 17, 1942 where 12,884 Jews were arrested. The film brings together eyewitnesses including a priest, a peacekeeper, a couple of workers sympathetic to the Algerian cause, a lawyer, Paris municipal councilors including Claude Bourdet (then one of the leaders of the PSU and journalist to France Observateur), Gérard Monatte, the future police union leader, and the editor and writer François Maspero.
Cast
Claude Bourdet
François Maspero
Ali Haroun
Crew
- Director
- Medhi Lallaoui, Agnès Denis
- Writer
- Agnès Denis, Medhi Lallaoui
- Editor
- Alima Arouali, Lyn Mac Sorley, Janine Pasquier
Details
- Original title
- Le Silence Du Fleuve
- Release date
- 1991-11-15
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Éditions Au Nom De La Mémoire, Mémoires Vives productions