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

2025

1h 31m

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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.

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Abdenour Zahzah(writer by)
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Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
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Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
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Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
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Omar Boulakirba
Mr. Charef
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Catherine Boskowitz
The Head Nurse
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Amal Kateb
Juliette
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Frédéric Restagno
The Police Commissioner
Abdelkader Affak
The Survivor
Tahar Benayachi
The Locked Up
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
Houria Bahloul
The Patient in Crisis
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Nacereddine Djoudi
The FLN Activist Patient
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Brigitte Lucas
Mrs. Londres
Siradj Hachmi
The Child Amar
Abderraouf Dzenekri
The Child Mahmoud

Writers

Abdenour Zahzah(writer by)

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Release date

July 23, 2025 (United States)

Country of origin

Algeria

Languages

Arabic
French

Production companies

Atlas Film Production
Shellac Sud

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