Elise, or Real Life (1970)

Name: Elise, or Real Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-11-25
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Catherine Allégret

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

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Released 1970-11-25 · 104 min · Drama

Directed by Michel Drach

Cast

Marie-José Nat as Elise Le Tellier
Mohamed Chouikh as Arezki
Bernadette Lafont as Anna
Jean-Pierre Bisson as Lucien Le Tellier
Catherine Allégret as Didi
Mustapha Chadli as Mustapha
Alice Reichen as La grand-mère
Martine Chevallier as Marie-Louise
Jean-Pierre Darras as Le commissaire
Yves Barsacq as Un policier