Élise ou la vraie vie (1970)
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Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Catherine Allégret, Bernadette Lafont, Mustapha Chadly, Martine Chevallier, Alice Reichen, Jean-Pierre Darras, Georges Claisse
A young woman leaves Bordeaux for Paris, where factory work and a relationship with an Algerian activist bring her into conflict with racism and police surveillance.
The story
Bored in Bordeaux and feeling that she is not living a real life, Élise goes to Paris to join her brother Lucien, a factory worker and FLN sympathizer. Necessity soon leads her to take a factory job herself. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian activist, and the two grow close. Their romance faces the racism around them and the danger of close police surveillance.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Élise is bored in Bordeaux. She feels she is not living a real life. She goes to Paris to join her brother Lucien. He is a factory worker and an FLN sympathizer. Soon, necessity drives Élise to take a job in a factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian activist, and grows close to him. Their romantic relationship is made difficult by the racism around them and, moreover, dangerous because of close police surveillance. Lucien dies. When Arezki is arrested, Élise returns to Bordeaux.
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