Movie
Intimate Enemies
Overview
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-10-03
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Kiosque, SND, Agora Films, France 2 Cinéma
- Country
- France, Morocco
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Benoît Magimel as Terrien
- Albert Dupontel as Dougnac
- Mohamed Fellag as Fellag
- Lounès Tazairt as Saïd
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Rachid
- Vincent Rottiers as Lefranc
- Lounès Machene as Amar
- Adrien Saint-Joré as Lacroix
- Guillaume Gouix as Delmas
- Aurélien Recoing as Vesoul
- Marc Barbé as Berthaut
- Éric Savin as Torture sergeant
Crew
- Florent-Emilio Siri - Director
- Patrick Rotman - Writer
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