The Question

Year: 1977

Runtime: 112 mins

Language: French

Director: Laurent Heynemann

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Set in 1957, former editor Henri Charlègue of the banned newspaper Alger Democratic has spent months in hiding after being implicated in the FLN. While his colleagues remain silenced, French paratroopers relentlessly track him, convinced he remains a central figure in the insurgent network.

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