Song of Autumn

Overview

Chants d’Automne (Song of Autumn), is a story of daily life on a colonial farm, at the start of the war of liberation in Algeria, describing individual and group behavior in this context. An unthinkable, even dangerous, romantic relationship, born in this context between Catherine, daughter of a settler, and Abdelmalek, son of a blacksmith. Managing his vast property in a feudal manner, Monsieur Marcel whose only ambition is his personal enrichment to the detriment of the community. Everyone fears his authority except his daughter Catherine, a student in France, who returns home during the holidays. She does not stop herself from expressing to him her ideas of justice which go against family and colonial practices. Catherine and Abdelmalek's romance makes relationships increasingly strained, but the call for freedom will be stronger than a woman's love.

Cast

Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)

Si Ali

Laurence Jeanneret

Catherine

Madjid Farès

Abdelmalek

André Thorent

Monsieur Marcel

M

Mohamed Sirat

Belkacem

H

Hélène Vallier

Madame Marcel

J

Jacques Blot

Antoine

Y

Yves Gauthier

Le Capitaine

M

Mohamed Bouchrait

L'Ouvrier

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