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Elise, or Real Life (1970)
Directed by Michel Drach
Drama · 1h 44m
In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.
Cast
Marie-José Nat
Mohamed Chouikh
Bernadette Lafont
Jean-Pierre Bisson
Catherine Allégret
Mustapha Chadli
Martine Chevallier
Jean-Pierre Darras
Yves Barsacq
Crew
- Director
- Michel Drach
- Writer
- Claire Etcherelli, Michel Drach, Claude Lanzmann
- Director of Photography
- Claude Zidi
- Editor
- Carlos de los Llanos
Details
- Original title
- Élise ou la vraie vie
- Release date
- 1970-11-25
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Algeria
- Production
- Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Port Royal Films