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
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

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

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2025
1h 31m
History
Drama
Documentary

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.

Production

Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC

Cast

Alexandre Desane

Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)

Gérard Dubouche

Gérard Dubouche

Dr. Ramée

Nicolas Dromard

Nicolas Dromard

The Hospital Director

Omar Boulakirba

Omar Boulakirba

Mr. Charef

Catherine Boskowitz

Catherine Boskowitz

The Head Nurse

Amal Kateb

Amal Kateb

Juliette/Cléopâtre

Rachid Benallal

Rachid Benallal

Nouï

Chahrazad Kracheni

Chahrazad Kracheni

Josie Fanon

Frédéric Restagno

Frédéric Restagno

The Police Commissioner

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