The First Man(Le premier homme)

✭ ✭ ✭

France, Italy, Algeria

•

2011

1h 40m

Director Gianni Amelio

Starring Jacques Gamblin, Maya Sansa, Denis Podalydès, Régis Romele

Genre Drama

 

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.