The First Man

Overview

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.

Cast

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Cormery

Maya Sansa

Catherine Cormery (1924)

Catherine Sola

Catherine Cormery (1957)

Denis Podalydès

Professor Bernard

U

Ulla Baugué

Grandma

Nicolas Giraud

Uncle Étienne (1924)

N

Nino Jouglet

Jacques as a child

A

Abdelkarim Benhabouccha

Hamoud

H

Hachemi Abdelmalek

Aziz

D

Djamel Hadj Saïd

Hamoud as a child

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