Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.


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Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Cormery

Maya Sansa
Catherine Cormery (1924)

Catherine Sola
Catherine Cormery (1957)

Denis Podalydès
Professor Bernard
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Ulla Baugué
Grandma

Nicolas Giraud
Uncle Étienne (1924)
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Nino Jouglet
Jacques as a child
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