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Elise, or Real Life (1970)
Directed by Michel Drach
Overview
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.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Marie-José Nat | Mohamed Chouikh | Bernadette Lafont | Jean-Pierre Bisson | Catherine Allégret | Mustapha Chadli | Alice Reichen | Martine Chevallier | Jean-Pierre Darras | Yves Barsacq