Elise, or Real Life

movie

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

Cast & crew

Mohamed Chouikh · Yves Barsacq · Alice Reichen · Claire Etcherelli · Jean-Pierre Darras · Martine Chevallier · Bernadette Lafont · Catherine Allégret · Mustapha Chadli · Michel Drach · Marie-José Nat · Claude Lanzmann · Jean-Pierre Bisson

Studios & networks

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC) · Port Royal Films