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)

07/23/2025 (DZ) • 1h 31m

History, Drama, Documentary

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.

Top Billed Cast

Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon

Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)

Nicolas Dromard

The Hospital Director

Omar Boulakirba

Mr. Charef

Catherine Boskowitz

The Head Nurse

Amal Kateb

Juliette/Cléopâtre


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Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

biography

algeria

struggle for independence

frantz fanon

francafrique

panafricanism

djazair

anti-imperialism

occidental opression

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