The First Man (2011)
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.
Drama
Cast & Crew
Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Cormery
Maya Sansa
Catherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine Sola
Catherine Cormery (1957)
Denis Podalydès
Professor Bernard
Nicolas Giraud
Uncle Étienne (1924)
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
Uncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François Stévenin
Farmer
Michel Crémadès
Graveyard keeper
Jean Benoit Souilh
Student
Franck Mercadal
Speaker
Christophe Dimitri Réveille
Antoine
Régis Romele
Butcher
Sacha Petronijevic
Civil servant
Maurice Antoni
Examining teacher
Franck Beckmann
Settler
Gianni Amelio
Director
Gianni Amelio
Writer
Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Bruno Pésery, Philippe Carcassonne
Producer
