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Nothing to Report (1973)

Nothing to Report (1973)

War
Release Date: 1973, August 15
Directors: Yves Boisset
Countries: France, Italy, Tunisia
Production: Sancrosiap, Sancrosiap
Cast: Jacques Weber, Jean-François Balmer, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Philippe Leroy, Jacques Villeret, Roland Blanche, Jacques Spiesser, Michel Peyrelon, Rabah Loucif, Albert Dray, Claude Brosset

Overview:

In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training before being sent to the front. Rémy March, Alain Charpentier and Raymond Dax are three such young men who have no interest in the military escapade and are reluctant conscripts. What they witness in Algeria will appall and transform them. Rape, torture, executions... there is no end to the atrocities in which they become unwilling participants. No wonder the French military are so willing to proclaim that there is nothing to report...