Maurice Audin, a story of mathematicians

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Maurice Audin, a story of mathematicians (2018)

Directed by François Demerliac

Documentary · 14m

On September 13, 2018, President Emmanuel Macron visited Josette Audin at her home in Bagnolet to ask for her forgiveness, presenting her with a declaration acknowledging that her husband had died under torture at the hands of a "legally established system" implemented by the former French colonial power in Algeria. This acknowledgment, however belated, is a victory for Josette Audin and her family, but above all, it is a victory for human rights, achieved together by mathematicians and historians. This film retraces this shared commitment against torture and state abuses, first within the Audin Committee and then within the Committee of Mathematicians, which also intervened to support other mathematicians imprisoned and sometimes tortured around the world.

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Cast

Maurice Audin Self (archive footages) Josette Audin Self Michèle Audin Self Pierre Audin Self Pierre Vidal-Naquet Self Pierre Braun Self Gérard Tronel Self Michel Broué Self Pierre Mansat Self Benjamin Stora Self Emmanuel Macron Self Léonid Pliouchtch Self (archive footages)

Crew

Director
François Demerliac
Writer
François Demerliac

Details

Original title
Maurice Audin, une histoire de mathématiciens
Release date
2018-09-28
Runtime
14m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France
Production
Universcience TV, Virtuel Production