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The First Man

Directed by Gianni Amelio
2012    1h 41m
Drama
6.860%
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Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
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Cast of The First Man
  • Jacques GamblinJacques Cormery
  • Maya SansaCatherine Cormery (1924)
  • Catherine SolaCatherine Cormery (1957)
  • Denis PodalydèsProfessor Bernard
  • Ulla BauguéGrandma
  • Nicolas GiraudUncle Étienne (1924)
  • Nino JougletJacques as a child
  • Abdelkarim BenhaboucchaHamoud
  • Hachemi AbdelmalekAziz
  • Djamel Hadj SaïdHamoud as a child
  • Jean-Paul BonnaireUncle Étienne (1957)
  • Jean-François StéveninFarmer
  • Michel CrémadèsGraveyard keeper
  • Mickaël BatretStudent at the wheel (as Michael Batret)
  • Jean Benoit SouilhStudent
  • Nicolas LublinJournalist
  • Florent ChesneStudent at the balcony
  • Franck MercadalSpeaker
  • Alexandre MichelStudent
  • Benoit Bertran de BalandaStudent
  • Barthélémy GiletJacques' classmate
  • Jean-Bastien PerichonJacques' classmate
  • Nathan BlanchedanJacques's classmate
  • Mohammed BoubkerDogcatcher
  • Mohammed Boubker Jr.Dogcatcher's son
  • Christophe Dimitri RéveilleAntoine
  • Régis RomeleButcher
  • Jérôme Le PaulmierMill owner
  • Adij BenguettatMill owner's assistant
  • Celia Ouled MohandChild at the tipography
  • Roumayca AbbouChild on the stairs
  • Ygal EgryFrench officer
  • Mohammed Zahir TaifourHamoud's brother
  • Sacha PetronijevicCivil servant
  • Hanaë BardiauxGirl in the bar
  • Maurice AntoniExamining teacher
  • Alexandre DelamadeleineHenri Cormery
  • Franck BeckmannSettler
  • Oualahi MessoudaAziz's mother
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