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Brothers in Arms
Overview
From 1954 to 1962, during the Algerian War, French citizens provided concrete assistance to the FLN in France: sheltering refugees, forging documents, facilitating border crossings, and transporting funds. Whether committed to the ideals of the Republic or driven by Third Worldist revolutionaries, they sought to build a bridge of friendship between nations. They paid for their commitment with imprisonment and exile. Four veterans of the Jeanson network recall this period. Today, they are no longer seen as traitors or heroes, but as witnesses recounting "their" war... Silent for 30 years, the "Jeanson network" now bears witness to this history.
Director and cast
- Francis Jeanson as Self (archive footage)
- Hélène Cuenat as Self (archive footage)
- Jacques Vergès as Self (archive footage)
- Zina Haraigue as Self (archive footage)
- Henri Curiel as Self (archive footage)
- Jean-Paul Sartre as Self (archive footage)
- Simone de Beauvoir as Self (archive footage)
- Jacques Charby as Self (archive footage)
- Colette Jeanson as Self (archive footage)
- Paul Crauchet as Self (archive footage)
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