''Summer of '62'' (french: Cartouches gauloises) is a 2007
French film
French cinema consists of the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe; with primary influ ...
, filmed in
Algeria
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and directed by
Mehdi Charef
Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian people, Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film ''Tea in the Harem, Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' was screened ...
. It was screened out of competition at the
2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. '' 4 ...
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Plot
The plot concerns the final stages of the
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...
in the summer if 1962, as seen through the eyes of Ali, the 11-year-old son of an
FLN moudjahid, his mother and his French and Arab friends, as they experience the massive social changes of the end of French rule. The ensemble cast consists mostly of amateur actors.
Cast
*Hamada - Ali
*Zahia Said - Aïcha
*Thomas Millet - Nico
*Tolga Cayir - Gino
*Julien Amate - David
*Nassim Meziane - Paul
*Aurore Labrugère - Julie
*Nadia Samir - Habiba
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Bonnafet Tarbouriech - Barnabé (Station Chief)
*Mohamed Dine Elhannani - Djelloul
*Betty Krestinsky - Rachel
*Assia Brahmi - Zina
*Marc Robert - Lt. Laurent
References
External links
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2007 films
2007 drama films
French drama films
Films directed by Mehdi Charef
2000s French films
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