Elise, or Real Life (1970)
6.2(13)1h 44mNovember 25, 1970
Michel Drach
Director
Claire Etcherelli, Michel Drach, Claude Lanzmann
Writers
Rate
Diary
Overview
In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.
