True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
2025-07-23 | 91 minutes
Plot Summary
1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
Cast
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Alexandre DesaneFrantz Fanon
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Frantz FanonSelf (archive footage)
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Gérard DuboucheDr. Ramée
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Nicolas DromardThe Hospital Director
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Omar BoulakirbaMr. Charef
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Catherine BoskowitzThe Head Nurse
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Amal KatebJuliette/Cléopâtre
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Rachid BenallalNouï
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Chahrazad KracheniJosie Fanon
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Frédéric RestagnoThe Police Commissioner
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Nacereddine DjoudiThe FLN Activist Patient
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Brigitte LucasMrs. Londres
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