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Elise, or Real Life (1970)

NA104 minDrama

6 / 10

12 votes

Budget: NARevenue: NA

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.

Directed by Michel Drach

Written by Claire Etcherelli, Michel Drach, Claude Lanzmann