The First Man
2011Based 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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Jacques Gamblin
as Jacques Cormery
Maya Sansa
as Catherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine Sola
as Catherine Cormery (1957)
Denis Podalydès
as Professor Bernard
Ulla Baugué
as Grandma
Nicolas Giraud
as Uncle Étienne (1924)
Nino Jouglet
as Jacques as a child
Abdelkarim Benhabouccha
as Hamoud
Hachemi Abdelmalek
as Aziz
Djamel Hadj Saïd
as Hamoud as a child
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
as Uncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François Stévenin
as Farmer
Michel Crémadès
as Graveyard keeper
Mickaël Batret
as Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)
Jean Benoit Souilh
as Student
Nicolas Lublin
as Journalist
Florent Chesne
as Student at the balcony
Franck Mercadal
as Speaker
Alexandre Michel
as Student
Benoit Bertran de Balanda
as Student
Barthélémy Gilet
as Jacques' classmate
Jean-Bastien Perichon
as Jacques' classmate
Nathan Blanchedan
as Jacques's classmate
Mohammed Boubker
as Dogcatcher
Mohammed Boubker Jr.
as Dogcatcher's son
Christophe Dimitri Réveille
as Antoine
Régis Romele
as Butcher
Jérôme Le Paulmier
as Mill owner
Adij Benguettat
as Mill owner's assistant
Celia Ouled Mohand
as Child at the tipography
Roumayca Abbou
as Child on the stairs
Ygal Egry
as French officer
Mohammed Zahir Taifour
as Hamoud's brother
Sacha Petronijevic
as Civil servant
Hanaë Bardiaux
as Girl in the bar
Maurice Antoni
as Examining teacher
Alexandre Delamadeleine
as Henri Cormery
Franck Beckmann
as Settler
Oualahi Messouda
as Aziz's mother