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
IMDB:
6.0
Released
7/23/2025
Duration
1h 31m
Genre
History, Drama, Documentary
Country
Algeria
Cast
Alexandre Desane, Frantz Fanon, Gérard Dubouche
Overview
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.
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
IMDB:
6.0Released
7/23/2025
Genre
History, Drama, Documentary
Cast
Alexandre Desane, Frantz Fanon, Gérard Dubouche
Duration
1h 31m
Country
Algeria
Overview
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.
Cast
Frantz Fanon
Alexandre Desane
Self (archive footage)
Frantz Fanon
Dr. Ramée
Gérard Dubouche
The Hospital Director
Nicolas Dromard
Mr. Charef
Omar Boulakirba
The Head Nurse
Catherine Boskowitz
Juliette/Cléopâtre
Amal Kateb
Nouï
Rachid Benallal
Josie Fanon
Chahrazad Kracheni
The Police Commissioner
Frédéric Restagno
The Survivor
Abdelkader Affak
The Locked Up
