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Free Men

Film Movement | Release Date: March 16, 2012

Summary: 1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspects the Mosque authorities, among which its rector Ben Ghabrit, of aiding Muslim Resistance agents, as well as helping North African Jews, by giving them false certificates. At the Mosque, Younes meets the Algerian singer Salim Halali, and is moved by Salim’s beautiful voice and strong personality. A deep friendship develops, and soon after Younes discovers that Salim is Jewish. In spite of the risks it entails, Younes stops collaborating with the police, and gradually develops from being a politically ignorant immigrant worker into a fully-fledged freedom fighter. (Film Movement)

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Runtime:	99 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	http://www.filmmovement.com/theatrical/index.asp?MerchandiseID=277
Production:	Canal+
Genres:	Drama, War
Country:	France
Language:	French

Director	Credit
Ismaël Ferroukhi	Director

Writer	Credit
Alain-Michel Blanc	Writer
Ismaël Ferroukhi	Writer

Cast	Credit
Aïcha Sokrane	La Mère De Larbi
Bruno Fleury	L'inspecteur
Christopher Buchholz	Le Major Von Ratibor
Djemel Barek	Le Mari De Maryvonne
Farid Larbi	Ali
François Delaive	Le Chef De La Gestapo
Jean-Pierre Becker	Le Policier Moustachu
Lubna Azabal	Warba Shlimane Alias Leila
Mahmud Shalaby	Salim Halali
Marie Berto	Maryvonne
Michael Lonsdale	Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
Slimane Dazi	Larbi
Stéphane Rideau	Francis
Tahar Rahim	Younes
Zakariya Gouram	Omar

Producer	Credit
Fabienne Vonier	Producer
Frantz Richard	Area Executive Producer: Morocco
Stéphane Parthenay	Associate Producer