Elise, or Real Life

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.

Cast

Marie-José Nat

Elise Le Tellier

Mohamed Chouikh

Arezki

Bernadette Lafont

Anna

Jean-Pierre Bisson

Lucien Le Tellier

Catherine Allégret

Didi

Mustapha Chadli

Mustapha

Alice Reichen

La grand-mère

Martine Chevallier

Marie-Louise

Jean-Pierre Darras

Le commissaire

Yves Barsacq

Un policier