CHoosing at Twenty (2017)

Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.

Released Aug. 24, 2017 100 min None+

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Keywords: imdb.algeria, imdb.war-for-independence, imdb.draft-dodger, imdb.colonialism, imdb.switzerland, imdb.france, imdb.torture + 13 more, imdb.refugee-camp, imdb.deserter, imdb.morocco, tmdb.pacifism, tmdb.algeria, tmdb.french-colonialism, tmdb.algerian-war-1954-62, tmdb.anti-colonialism, tmdb.conscientious-objectors, tmdb.djazair, tmdb.antimilitarism, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.16-9-hd