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
1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.
Cast
Alexandre Desane
as Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
as Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
as Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
as The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
as Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz
as The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb
as Juliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal
as Nouï
Chahrazad Kracheni
as Josie Fanon
Frédéric Restagno
as The Police Commissioner
