Release Date

01 Jan, 2012

Runtime

00:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In 1954, Daniel Vérin, a young schoolteacher of Algerian descent, made a radical decision: he turned his back on colonial France and joined the Algerian insurgents. He enlisted in the FLN, then the ALN, and became "Ali," a soldier in the struggle for independence. At the end of the war in 1962, he became an Algerian citizen. But the long-awaited independence did not bring Ali the taste of victory. On a scholarship, he went to study in the United States. Upon his return, the Algerian administration forbade him from entering his homeland. Rejected by the country he had defended, he obtained American citizenship in 1969. Condemned by France for his activism and ignored by Algeria for more than forty years, Ali was not officially recognized as a mujahid, a fighter of the Revolution, until 2004.

Original Title

Daniel Ali, instituteur révolté dans l'Algérie coloniale

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Actors

Daniel Ali Vérin

Patty Vérin

Hélène Vérin

Georges Vérin

Khadidja Mahdi

Malika Rahal

Bénédicte Richard

Zohra Djazouli

Abdallah Mihoubi

Djilali Benali

Crew

Maurice Ferlet

Georges Vérin

Georges Vérin

Maurice Ferlet

Sabri Baghdad

Myriam Ferlet

Michel Delsol

Simon Lebel

Thomas Say