The First Man

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The First Man

2011

1h 41m

6.5(38 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

39 members

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Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Cormery

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Maya Sansa

Catherine Cormery (1924)

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Catherine Sola

Catherine Cormery (1957)

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Denis Podalydès

Professor Bernard

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Ulla Baugué

Grandma

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Nicolas Giraud

Uncle Étienne (1924)

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Nino Jouglet

Jacques as a child

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Abdelkarim Benhabouccha

Hamoud

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Hachemi Abdelmalek

Aziz

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Djamel Hadj Saïd

Hamoud as a child

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Jean-Paul Bonnaire

Uncle Étienne (1957)

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Jean-François Stévenin

Farmer

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Michel Crémadès

Graveyard keeper

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Mickaël Batret

Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)

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Jean Benoit Souilh

Student

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Nicolas Lublin

Journalist

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Florent Chesne

Student at the balcony

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Franck Mercadal

Speaker

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Alexandre Michel

Student

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Benoit Bertran de Balanda

Student

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Barthélémy Gilet

Jacques' classmate

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Jean-Bastien Perichon

Jacques' classmate

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Nathan Blanchedan

Jacques's classmate

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Mohammed Boubker

Dogcatcher

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Mohammed Boubker Jr.

Dogcatcher's son

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Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Antoine

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Régis Romele

Butcher

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Jérôme Le Paulmier

Mill owner

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Adij Benguettat

Mill owner's assistant

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Celia Ouled Mohand

Child at the tipography

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Roumayca Abbou

Child on the stairs

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Ygal Egry

French officer

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Mohammed Zahir Taifour

Hamoud's brother

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Sacha Petronijevic

Civil servant

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Hanaë Bardiaux

Girl in the bar

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Maurice Antoni

Examining teacher

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Alexandre Delamadeleine

Henri Cormery

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Franck Beckmann

Settler

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Oualahi Messouda

Aziz's mother

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