The First Man (2011)
Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.
Cast
Jacques GamblinJacques Cormery
Maya SansaCatherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine SolaCatherine Cormery (1957)
Denis PodalydèsProfessor BernardUlla BauguéGrandma
Nicolas GiraudUncle Étienne (1924)Nino JougletJacques as a childAbdelkarim BenhaboucchaHamoudHachemi AbdelmalekAzizDjamel Hadj SaïdHamoud as a child
Jean-Paul BonnaireUncle Étienne (1957)
Jean-François StéveninFarmer
Michel CrémadèsGraveyard keeperMickaël BatretStudent at the wheel (as Michael Batret)
Jean Benoit SouilhStudent
