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

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

Director: Abdenour Zahzah

Writer: Abdenour Zahzah

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.

91 min Rating: 6.5/10 Released

Top Cast

Alexandre Desane
Alexandre Desane
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
Nicolas Dromard
Nicolas Dromard
The Hospital Director
Catherine Boskowitz
Catherine Boskowitz
The Head Nurse

Movie Info

Director: Abdenour Zahzah

Writer: Abdenour Zahzah

Production Companies: Atlas Film Production, Shellac Sud, CADC

Countries: Algeria, France

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