The story of the filmmaker’s great uncle, who joined the secret National Liberation Front during the Algerian revolution. A revealing account of attempted murder, dark secrets and the settling of scores.
During the war in Algeria, El Hadi, the great uncle of filmmaker Damien Ounouri, joined his sister in France and became an active member of a secret National Liberation Front (FLN) armed group. His personal journey of attempted murder, hiding, imprisonment and finally deportation back to Algeria in 1962 tells the whole story. Now 69 years old, the film marks the first time El Hadi has revealed this dark chapter of his past.
