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 · N/A
Documentary, Drama, History
Directed by
Abdenour Zahzah
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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
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Abdenour Zahzah Director
- 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
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