Elise, or Real Life
1970•1h 44m•6.2•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Michel Drach
Writer
Michel Drach, Claire Etcherelli, Claude Lanzmann
Languages
French
Studio
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Cast
Marie-José Nat
Elise Le Tellier
Mohamed Chouikh
Arezki
Bernadette Lafont
Anna
Jean-Pierre Bisson
Lucien Le Tellier
Catherine Allégret
Didi
Mustapha Chadli
Mustapha
Alice Reichen
La grand-mère
Martine Chevallier
Marie-Louise
Jean-Pierre Darras
Le commissaire
Yves Barsacq
Un policier
Production
Company
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Company
Port Royal Films
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