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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)

★ 6.0/10 91 min History, Drama, Documentary Algeria, France Arabic
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Description

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 Cast

Alexandre Desane
Alexandre Desane Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche
Gérard Dubouche Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard
Nicolas Dromard The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba
Omar Boulakirba Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz
Catherine Boskowitz The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb
Amal Kateb Juliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal
Rachid Benallal Nouï

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