Elise, or Real Life

Élise ou la vraie vie

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.

Director

Michel Drach

Screenplay

Claire Etcherelli

Screenplay

Michel Drach

Screenplay

Claude Lanzmann

Status

Released

Release date

25/11/1970

Original language

French