Elise, or Real Life

Elise, or Real Life — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 25, 1970
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Michel Drach

Elise, or Real Life — Cast

Marie-José Nat Elise Le Tellier Mohamed Chouikh Arezki Bernadette Lafont Anna Jean-Pierre Bisson Lucien Le Tellier Catherine Allégret Didi Mustapha Chadli Mustapha

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Alice Reichen La grand-mère Martine Chevallier Marie-Louise