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 (2025)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Abdenour Zahzah
Writing:
- Abdenour Zahzah
Stars:
Release Date: 2025-07-23
6.0/10
6.0/10
- Country: DZ, FR
- Language: العربية | Français
- Runtime: 91
Mr. Charef
Frantz Fanon
Self (archive footage)
The Hospital Director
Dr. Ramée
Juliette/Cléopâtre
The Head Nurse
Nouï
Josie Fanon
The Police Commissioner
The FLN Activist Patient
Mrs. Londres
Chabane Mourad
