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Le Silence du fleuve

Mehdi Lallaoui
1991 France 52 minutes French

17th October 1961: on the initiative of the FLN, Algerians demonstrate in Paris. The French police use their truncheons, kill and throw the dead into the River Seine. The film deals with this tragic day, mixing interviews of witnesses and protagonists, archive material and contemporary sequences shot at the scene of the events.

Production :
Au nom de la mémoire
Distribution :
Mémoires Vives Production
Editing :
Halima Arouali; Lyn Sorey; Janine Pasquier
Sound :
Philippe Jobet
Photography :
Patricio Paniagua

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