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Manifesto of the 121

Jan 1, 2011 · 52m
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On September 5, 1960, the trial of about twenty French activists from the "Jeanson Network" began, supporters in the metropolis of the action of the Algerian FLN independence activists. But after a few days, the situation was reversed and the trial transformed into a political arena, it was the government, the army, their policy, it was the entire Algerian war whose trial began. Accused, witnesses, lawyers, overflowing a stunned court, transformed the courtroom into a tribune of the opposition. The trial coincided with the publication of the "Manifesto of the 121" on the right to insubordination, signed among others by Jean Paul Sartre, Arthur Adamov, Simone de Beauvoir, André Breton, Marguerite Duras, Pierre Boulez, René Dumont, François Chatelet…

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CAST

Bernard Langlois
Narrator
Siné
Self
François Maspero
Self
Jacques Vergès
Self
Maurice Nadeau
Self
Simone Signoret
Self (archive footage)
Jean Daniel
Self
Jean Lacouture
Self
Directed by Medhi Lallaoui

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Mémoires Vives productions, CNC, France Télévisions
Country
FR

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