CHoisir à vingt ans

CHoosing at Twenty
Qual der Wahl mit zwanzig
Scegliere a vent’anni

Switzerland / Algeria, August 2017
FILM, Documentary, 100 min.

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directed by
Villi Hermann
Written by
Villi Hermann, Eve Martin
Status
In distribution

Between 1954 and 1962, some young Frenchmen refused to participate in putting down the Algerian War of Independence. These draft dodgers believed in non-violence or were against colonialism. Some of them fled to Switzerland where they received help from Swiss citizens, whereas in France they were condemned as traitors. A few months after Independence, the filmmaker went to Algeria to help reopen a school. He has recently been back to Algeria.

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World Premiere
August 2017
Original Version
Arabic, French, Norwegian, English (french/english subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 100 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-65FE-0000-L-0000-0000-B
Production
Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Cirta Films
Producer
Villi Hermann, Michela Pini, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini, Irène Challand, Hachemi Zertal
directed by
Villi Hermann
Written by
Villi Hermann, Eve Martin
Cinemato­graphy
Villi Hermann
Editing
Jean Reusser, Emilie Chappatte
Sound Editing
Riccardo Studer
Sound Design
Riccardo Studer
Music
Zeno Gabaglio
Location Sound Mix
Villi Hermann
Compositing
Alberto Meroni
Special Effects
Alberto Meroni

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World Rights
Imagofilm Lugano

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