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The First Man

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.

2011 |1h 41m |  Drama

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Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Cormery

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Maya Sansa

Catherine Cormery (1924)

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Catherine Sola

Catherine Cormery (1957)

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Denis Podalydès

Professor Bernard

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Nicolas Giraud

Uncle Étienne (1924)

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Jean-Paul Bonnaire

Uncle Étienne (1957)

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Jean-François Stévenin

Farmer

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Michel Crémadès

Graveyard keeper

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Jean Benoit Souilh

Student

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Franck Mercadal

Speaker

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Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Antoine

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Régis Romele

Butcher

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Sacha Petronijevic

Civil servant

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Maurice Antoni

Examining teacher

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Franck Beckmann

Settler

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Status

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Language

French

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