Director: André Gazut
Writer: Brigitte Rossigneux
60 years ago, in the Algerian desert, an atomic bomb, equivalent to three or even four times Hiroshima, exploded. Named the “Blue Gerboise”, it was the first atomic bomb tested by France, and of hitherto unrivaled power. This 70 kiloton plutonium bomb was launched in the early morning, in the Reggane region, in southern Algeria, during the French colonial era. If this test allowed France to become the 4th nuclear power in the world, it had catastrophic repercussions. France had, at the time, certified that the radiation was well below the standard safety threshold. However, in 2013, declassified files revealed that the level of radioactivity had been much higher than announced, and had been recorded from West Africa to the south of Spain.
Top Cast
Movie Info
Director: André Gazut
Writer: Brigitte Rossigneux
Production Companies: TSR
Countries: Switzerland
Similar Movies
The Day After
1983-11-20
Papillon
1973-12-16
Amal
1960-10-10
The Neon Children
1991-05-12
Enough!
2006-09-13
Kamel Hamadi, Ger Yenzizen
2010-01-01
Frantz Fanon: His Life, His Struggle, His Work
2001-11-30
The Bugler of Algiers
1916-11-27
The Last Queen
2023-04-19
Indochine
1992-04-15
Many Beautiful Things
2015-10-17
One hero, the people
2020-12-11
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
1969-01-01
Palestro, Algérie : Histoires d'une embuscade
2012-03-20
Yema
2019-01-26
Cheikh El Hasnaoui, from the White House to the Blue Ocean
2014-04-10
Let Them All Go
2019-01-01
Scream
2021-04-12