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To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 100 mins · French
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- Directed by
- René Vautier
- Starring
- Michel Elias, Philippe Léotard, Alexandre Arcady, Jean-Michel Ribes, Philippe Brizard, Jean-Jacques Moreau
A cohort of rebellious, pacifist Breton soldiers is deployed to Algeria, where the brutal realities of conflict slowly transform them into hardened combatants. One refuses to become a killer, deserts his unit and smuggles an FLN prisoner destined for execution the next day. The film won the International Critics Prize at Cannes in 1972 and was restored in 2012.
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