
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.

Félix Colozzi
Self (Militant syndicaliste anticolonialiste et Moudjahid)
Denis Gonzales
Self (Prêtre, Directeur des Services Caritas d'Algérie)
Jean-Paul Grangaud
Self (Pédiatre)
Marie-France Grangaud
Self
Germaine Ripoll
Self
Sélim Grangaud
Self
Adrien Lopez
Self
Maurice Baglietto
Self (Militant syndicaliste anticolonialiste et Moudjahid)
Cécile Serra
Self
Rachid Ramdane
Self (Chef de service pédiatrie)
Guy Bonifacio
Self
Lucette Lopez
Self

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Algériennes, Trente ans après
Algériennes, Trente ans après

The Imperial Lullaby
The Imperial Lullaby

The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting
The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting

Palm Trees in the Snow
Palm Trees in the Snow

Destins: Général De Bollardière
Destins: Général De Bollardière

The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness

Intimate Enemies
Intimate Enemies

Louis Riel
Louis Riel

Manifesto of the 121
Manifesto of the 121

The Wind and the Lion
The Wind and the Lion

The Setif Massacres, a certain May 8, 1945
The Setif Massacres, a certain May 8, 1945