Drama · France · 1970 · 1h 44m

Elise, or Real Life

Élise ou la vraie vie

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Director
Michel Drach
Cast
Marie-José Nat as Elise Le Tellier Mohamed Chouikh as Arezki Bernadette Lafont as Anna Jean-Pierre Bisson as Lucien Le Tellier Catherine Allégret as Didi Mustapha Chadli as Mustapha
Crew
Claude Zidi — Director of Photography Carlos de los Llanos — Editor Claire Etcherelli — Writer Michel Drach — Writer Claude Lanzmann — Writer
Synopsis

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

Mood & Themes
working classracismworking immigrantslove storyalgerian diaspora
Key Collaborators
Michel Drach Director Claude Zidi Director of Photography Carlos de los Llanos Editor Claire Etcherelli Writer Michel Drach Writer Claude Lanzmann Writer
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