In 1955, a year after the birth of the National Liberation Front (FLN), Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities who feared his revolutionary speeches. At the age of 27, he arrived in the Algerian slum of Nanterre. Roughly questioned by FLN activists, in disagreement with the Algerian Nationalist Movement (MNA) who wanted to recognize theirs, he was then accepted as the local hairdresser and shoemaker. Subsequently, he became a driver during anti-MNA expeditions. Accepting increasingly dangerous missions, he is imprisoned by the French police and once again undergoes interrogations and special treatment by the police which will definitively undermine his sanity. One day, he no longer recognized his companions, and when joy broke out among the FLN militants, at the announcement of the signing of the Evian Accords, Mahmoud remained alone, frozen in an attitude of refusal, walled in his madness. Algeria has just won its independence.
Unfortunately the movie Les Sacrifiés is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Okacha Touita | Director |
Production | Jean-Marc Henchoz | Producer |
Production | Sylvette Frydman | Producer |
Sound | Jean-Louis Ughetto | Sound Engineer |
Camera | Maurice Giraud | Director of Photography |
Editing | Sarah Taouss Matton | Editor |
Sound | Ramdane Mesbahi | Music |
Directing | Maya Simon | Assistant Director |
Production | Patricia Moraz | Production Director |
Art | Jean-Paul Ginet | Set Designer |
Writing | Okacha Touita | Writer |
Writing | Dominique Lancelot | Writer |
Writing | Philippe Dodet | Writer |