True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 (2025)

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True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 (2025)

07/23/2025 (FR) History, Drama, Documentary 1h 31m

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1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital. He was putting his theories of ‘Institutional Psychotherapy’ into practice in opposition to the racist theories of the Algies School of Psychiatry, while a war broke out in his own wards.

Abdenour Zahzah

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Alexandre Desane

Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon

Self (archive footage)
Gérard Dubouche

Dr. Ramée
Nicolas Dromard

The Hospital Director
Omar Boulakirba

Mr. Charef
Catherine Boskowitz

The Head Nurse
Amal Kateb

Juliette/Cléopâtre
Rachid Benallal

Nouï
Chahrazad Kracheni

Josie Fanon
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Original Title Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956

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Original Language Arabic

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