The First Man

Plot

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 ... read more

  • Gianni Amelio

    Director

  • Gianni Amelio

    Writer

  • Albert Camus

    Novel

  • Yves Cape

    Director of Photography

  • Carlo Simeoni

    Editor

  • Jacques Gamblin

    Jacques Cormery

  • Maya Sansa

    Catherine Cormery (1924)

  • Catherine Sola

    Catherine Cormery (1957)

  • Denis Podalydès

    Professor Bernard

  • Ulla Baugué

    Grandma

  • Nicolas Giraud

    Uncle Étienne (1924)

  • Nino Jouglet

    Jacques as a child

  • Abdelkarim Benhabouccha

    Hamoud

  • Hachemi Abdelmalek

    Aziz

  • Djamel Hadj Saïd

    Hamoud as a child

  • Jean-Paul Bonnaire

    Uncle Étienne (1957)

  • Jean-François Stévenin

    Farmer

  • Michel Crémadès

    Graveyard keeper

  • Mickaël Batret

    Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)

  • Jean Benoit Souilh

    Student

  • Nicolas Lublin

    Journalist

  • Florent Chesne

    Student at the balcony

  • Franck Mercadal

    Speaker

  • Alexandre Michel

    Student

  • Benoit Bertran de Balanda

    Student

  • Barthélémy Gilet

    Jacques' classmate

  • Jean-Bastien Perichon

    Jacques' classmate

  • Nathan Blanchedan

    Jacques's classmate

  • Mohammed Boubker

    Dogcatcher

  • Mohammed Boubker Jr.

    Dogcatcher's son

  • Christophe Dimitri Réveille

    Antoine

  • Régis Romele

    Butcher

  • Jérôme Le Paulmier

    Mill owner

  • Adij Benguettat

    Mill owner's assistant

  • Celia Ouled Mohand

    Child at the tipography

  • Roumayca Abbou

    Child on the stairs

  • Ygal Egry

    French officer

  • Mohammed Zahir Taifour

    Hamoud's brother

  • Sacha Petronijevic

    Civil servant

  • Hanaë Bardiaux

    Girl in the bar

  • Maurice Antoni

    Examining teacher

  • Alexandre Delamadeleine

    Henri Cormery

  • Franck Beckmann

    Settler

  • Oualahi Messouda

    Aziz's mother

  • Runtime

    101 minutes

    Released

    2011-09-09

    Languages

    Français

    Countries

    Algeria

    France

    Italy

    Studios

    Laïth Média

    Soudaine Compagnie

    Maison de Cinema

    France 3 Cinéma

    Cattleya

    RAI Cinema

    Sound

  • Franco Piersanti

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    66 days ago

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