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

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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

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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.

Date: 07/23/2025

Rating: 6.0

Cast: Alexandre Desane, Frantz Fanon, Gérard Dubouche, Nicolas Dromard, Omar Boulakirba, Catherine Boskowitz, Amal Kateb, Rachid Benallal, Chahrazad Kracheni, Frédéric Restagno, Abdelkader Affak, Tahar Benayachi, Houria Bahloul, Houria Bahloul, Nacereddine Djoudi, Brigitte Lucas, Siradj Hachmi, Abderraouf Dzenekri, Matthieu Balvet, Miloud Yibrir, Salim Dada, Samah Belkhiri, Halim Chanane, Amine Guerrache, Mohamed Bencherchali, Paul Desfarges, Idir Benaibouche, Olivier Fanon

Alexandre Desane