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A Propos D'Un Crime (1967)

A Propos D'Un Crime (1967)

Documentary
Release Date: 1967, January 1
Directors: Gérard Patris
Countries: Algeria, France
Production: Emir Productions d'Alger, Emir Productions d'Alger, ORTF, ORTF
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Jean Sénac, Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Poncet, Jean-Pierre Bénisti

Overview:

In 1967, Visconti came to Algiers for the filming of The Stranger with Mastroianni and Anna Karina. Camus, during his lifetime, had always refused to allow one of his novels to be brought to the screen. His family made another decision. The filming of the film was experienced in Algiers, like a posthumous return of the writer to Algiers. During filming, a young filmmaker specializing in documentaries Gérard Patris attempts a report on the impact of the filming of The Stranger on the Algerians. Interspersed with sequences from the shooting of Visconti's film, he films Poncet, Maisonseul, Bénisti and Sénac, friends of Camus, in full discussions to situate Camus and his work in a sociological and historical context. “The idea is for us to show people, others, ourselves as if they could all be Meursault, or at least the witnesses concerned to his drama.”

Keywords:

philosophy anti-racism making of anti-colonialism algeria djazair maghreb casbah alger on the set algerian artists