Dans le feu hier et aujourd'hui

  • Dans le feu hier et aujourd'hui
Genre : Drama
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1999
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

A whole community of Harkis lives in the region of the Massif des Maures, in Provence. During the Algerian war, the Harkis were only temporary soldiers. After the cease-fire, in March 1962, the French Army disarmed them. Many of them were murdered, others managed to reach French soil where they found themselves parked in camps, isolated from the native population. Many years later, the French state found them an occupation of public interest, again as auxiliaries, in the fight against forest fires. These brigades were doomed to disappear soon, as no relief of the next generation was planned. 32 years later, they and their children have still not been accepted as French citizens. In their country of origin, they are considered traitors. It is this ambiguity, and the fact that they are "forgotten by History", that incites me to share their sorrows and their hopes.

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