Maurice Audin, The Disappearance
In Algiers, in June 1957, Maurice Audin, a 25-year-old mathematician, was arrested by French paratroopers. His wife, Josette, and their three children never saw him again. This documentary interweaves testimonies from French and Algerian protagonists: activists for Algerian independence, lawyers, historians, and military personnel. Drawing on the research of historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet, it blends archival footage, newspaper articles, books, drawings, and reenactments to reconstruct the context of this disappearance and denounce the torture and murder practiced in Algeria. Josette Audin is the central figure and the moral compass of this film.
Cast
Maurice Audin
Self (archive footages)
Josette Audin
Self
Henri Alleg
Self
Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Self (archive footages)
Robert Badinter
Self
Sébastien Descoins
Maurice Audin (fictional part)
Thierry Cantero
Docteur (fictional part)
Gabriel Champeix
Misiri (fictional part)
Olivier Charasson
Charbonnier (fictional part)
Olivier Derousseau
Valentin (fictional part)
Charles Heidet
Cuomo (fictional part)
Director
Images
Recommended
Einstein and the Bomb
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Life in a Day
Lumière & Company
All That Breathes
The Image Book
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Night and Fog
LA 92
Four Daughters
Shoah
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
O.J.: Made in America
Tell Me Who I Am
The Soviet Story
More like this
Cléo from 5 to 7
Bullying, our lives after
Reporting from Darkness
Les Mains Libres
Surgeon during the Algerian War
Salt and Rock
Inceste, le dire et l'entendre
Hoggar '64
Tu lembra?
Sara, the force of the sea
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
Sahara Vertical
Tribal Justice
Starting Place
Nostalgia
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie & TV metadata from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.