Elise, or Real Life

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, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Catherine Allégret, Mustapha Chadli