CHoosing at Twenty
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2017-08-24
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Documentary
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.
Featured Crew
| Villi Hermann | Director |
| Villi Hermann | Writer |
| Eve Martin | Writer |
| Jean Reusser | Editor |
| Emilie Chappatte | Editor |
| Zeno Gabaglio | Music |
| Villi Hermann | Producer |
| Silvana Bezzola Rigolini | Producer |
| Irène Challand | Producer |
| Hachemi Zertal | Producer |
