Stay In Algeria (2012): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2012, Stay In Algeria is a documentary and history film directed by Géraldine Schwarz, running about 52 minutes.

What it’s about. Algeria, summer 1962, eight hundred thousand French people left their native land in a tragic exodus. But 200,000 of them decided to attempt the adventure of independent Algeria. Over the following decades, political developments would push many of these pieds-noirs into exile towards France. But some never left. Germaine, Adrien, Cécile, Guy, Jean-Paul, Marie-France, Denis and Félix, Algerians of European origin, are among them. Some have Algerian nationality, others do not. Some speak Arabic, others do not. They are the last witnesses to the little-known history of these Europeans who remained out of loyalty to an ideal, a taste for adventure and an unconditional love for a land where they were born, despite all the ups and downs that the free Algeria in full construction had to go through.

Who’s in it. Stay In Algeria stars Félix Colozzi as Self (Militant syndicaliste anticolonialiste et Moudjahid), Denis Gonzales as Self (Prêtre, Directeur des Services Caritas d'Algérie), Jean-Paul Grangaud as Self (Pédiatre) and Marie-France Grangaud as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Stay In Algeria sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Stay In Algeria page.

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