The First Man
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
Cast
Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Cormery
Maya Sansa
Catherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine Sola
Catherine Cormery (1957)
Denis Podalydès
Professor Bernard
Ulla Baugué
Grandma
Nicolas Giraud
Uncle Étienne (1924)
Nino Jouglet
Jacques as a child
Abdelkarim Benhabouccha
Hamoud
Hachemi Abdelmalek
Aziz
Djamel Hadj Saïd
Hamoud as a child
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
Uncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François Stévenin
Farmer
Michel Crémadès
Graveyard keeper
Mickaël Batret
Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)
Jean Benoit Souilh
Student
Nicolas Lublin
Journalist
Florent Chesne
Student at the balcony
Franck Mercadal
Speaker
Alexandre Michel
Student
Benoit Bertran de Balanda
Student
Barthélémy Gilet
Jacques' classmate
Jean-Bastien Perichon
Jacques' classmate
Nathan Blanchedan
Jacques's classmate
Mohammed Boubker
Dogcatcher
Director
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