History ·Drama ·Documentary · Algeria · 2025 · 1h 31m

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

Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956

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 poster
Director
Abdenour Zahzah
Cast
Alexandre Desane as Frantz Fanon Frantz Fanon as Self (archive footage) Gérard Dubouche as Dr. Ramée Nicolas Dromard as The Hospital Director Omar Boulakirba as Mr. Charef Catherine Boskowitz as The Head Nurse
Crew
Aurélien Py — Director of Photography Abdenour Zahzah — Editor Youcef Abba — Editor Abdenour Zahzah — Writer Maya Mancer — Production Design Asma Ben Naoum — Costume Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
biographyalgeriastruggle for independencefrantz fanonfrancafriquepanafricanismdjazairanti-imperialismoccidental opression
Key Collaborators
Abdenour Zahzah Director Aurélien Py Director of Photography Abdenour Zahzah Editor Youcef Abba Editor Abdenour Zahzah Writer Maya Mancer Production Design Asma Ben Naoum Costume Design Julia Didier Costume Design
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