Elise, or Real Life

Elise, or Real Life

1970
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
⏱️ 104 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 FR
Drama
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.

Cast

Marie-José Nat
Marie-José Nat
Elise Le Tellier
Mohamed Chouikh
Mohamed Chouikh
Arezki
Bernadette Lafont
Bernadette Lafont
Anna
Jean-Pierre Bisson
Jean-Pierre Bisson
Lucien Le Tellier
Catherine Allégret
Catherine Allégret
Didi
Mustapha Chadli
Mustapha Chadli
Mustapha

Crew

Director
Michel Drach
Writer
Michel Drach, Claire Etcherelli, Claude Lanzmann

Production

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Port Royal Films

Keywords

working classracismworking immigrantslove storyalgerian diaspora