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.
Marie-José Nat
as Elise Le Tellier
Mohamed Chouikh
as Arezki
Bernadette Lafont
as Anna
Jean-Pierre Bisson
as Lucien Le Tellier
Catherine Allégret
as Didi
Mustapha Chadli
as Mustapha
Alice Reichen
as La grand-mère
Martine Chevallier
as Marie-Louise
Jean-Pierre Darras
as Le commissaire
Yves Barsacq
as Un policier
