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

1h 31min

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 Companies

Atlas Film Production

Shellac Sud

CADC

Cast

Alexandre Desane

Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)
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
Frédéric Restagno

Frédéric Restagno

The Police Commissioner
Abdelkader Affak

Abdelkader Affak

The Survivor
Tahar Benayachi

Tahar Benayachi

The Locked Up
Houria Bahloul

Houria Bahloul

The Patient in Crisis
Houria Bahloul

Houria Bahloul

The Patient in Crisis
Nacereddine Djoudi

Nacereddine Djoudi

The FLN Activist Patient
Brigitte Lucas

Brigitte Lucas

Mrs. Londres
Siradj Hachmi

Siradj Hachmi

The Child Amar
Abderraouf Dzenekri

Abderraouf Dzenekri

The Child Mahmoud
Matthieu Balvet

Matthieu Balvet

Dr. Lacaton
Miloud Yibrir

Miloud Yibrir

Dr. Asselah
Salim Dada

Salim Dada

Abderrahmane Aziz
Samah Belkhiri

Samah Belkhiri

Nefissa Hamoud
Halim Chanane

Halim Chanane

The « World War » Patient
Amine Guerrache

Amine Guerrache

The Workmen Patient
Mohamed Bencherchali

Mohamed Bencherchali

The Workmen Patient
Paul Desfarges

Paul Desfarges

The Priest
Idir Benaibouche

Idir Benaibouche

Chabane Mourad
Olivier Fanon

Olivier Fanon

Marcel Manville

Release date

23rd Jul 2025

Status

Released

Spoken languages

العربية, Français