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To Be Twenty in the Aures
To Be Twenty in the Aures
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TO BE TWENTY IN THE AURES

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès

Directed by René Vautier
France, 1972
Drama

Synopsis

How to become a killing machine in Algeria when, at the start, you are a Pacifist Breton. Let Lieutenant Perrin deal with this bunch of rebels and make them “true soldiers”, who know how to shoot, who know how to torture, who know how to kill. Only Noël resists.

Synopsis

How to become a killing machine in Algeria when, at the start, you are a Pacifist Breton. Let Lieutenant Perrin deal with this bunch of rebels and make them “true soldiers”, who know how to shoot, who know how to torture, who know how to kill. Only Noël resists.