Frantz Fanon
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
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
6.0
2025
1h 31m
HistoryDramaDocumentary
Director: Abdenour Zahzah
Overview
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
Self (archive footage)
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Ramée
Gérard Dubouche
Dr. Ramée
The Hospital Director
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Mr. Charef
Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
The Head Nurse
Catherine Boskowitz
The Head Nurse
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Amal Kateb
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Nouï
Rachid Benallal
Nouï
Josie Fanon
Chahrazad Kracheni
Josie Fanon
The Police Commissioner
Frédéric Restagno
The Police Commissioner
The Survivor
Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
The Locked Up
Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
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