CHoosing at Twenty (2017)
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Subtitles for: CHoosing at Twenty (2017)
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.
| Rate | ★ 6.8/10 (4 votes) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 1h 40m |
| Country | Algeria, Switzerland |
| Release | 24 Aug 2017 |
| Language | FR |
| Director | Villi Hermann |
| Keywords | pacifism algeria french colonialism algerian war (1954-62) anti-colonialism conscientious objectors djazair antimilitarism |
| IMDb | tt6908856 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
