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Elise, or Real Life

Elise, or Real Life

Nov 25, 1970 1h 44m
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Synopsis

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

Title Elise, or Real Life
Companies Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Port Royal Films
Countries France, Algeria
Keywords working class, racism, working immigrants, love story, algerian diaspora