Décembre (1973)
- Directed by
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- Algeria, France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the Algerian war, a French officer is faced with a moral dilemma when a FLN leader is captured and the army uses torture to extract information. The film focuses on the intense face-to-face confrontation between the prisoner and his torturer.
tenseclaustrophobicsomberconfrontationaldeliberateharrowingintimatemoral
What happens
Décembre est un film algérien de Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, sorti en 1973. À Alger, durant la guerre d'Algérie un des responsables du FLN est arrêté par l'armée qui emploie les méthodes les plus violentes pour faire parler les prisonniers. Le recours à la torture pose un cas de conscience à un officier français. Jouant sur le champ-contre-champ, entre le torturé et son tortionnaire, dans un huis clos étouffant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hung Up (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.