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CHoosing at Twenty

CHOOSING AT TWENTY

CHoisir à vingt ans

Directed by Villi Hermann
Switzerland, Algeria, 2017
Documentary

Synopsis

Between 1954 and 1962, about 100 to 300 young Frenchmen refused to participate in putting down the Algerian War of Independence. Some of them fled to Switzerland where they received help from Swiss citizens, whereas in France they were condemned as traitors.

Synopsis

Between 1954 and 1962, about 100 to 300 young Frenchmen refused to participate in putting down the Algerian War of Independence. Some of them fled to Switzerland where they received help from Swiss citizens, whereas in France they were condemned as traitors.