To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)

Cast

Philippe Léotard, Hamid Djellouli, Alexandre Arcady, Jean-Michel Ribes, Jacques Canselier

Overview

A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horrors of war gradually become killing machines. One of them did not accept it and deserted, taking with him an FLN prisoner who was to be executed the next day. International Critics Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Copy restored in 2012