Two Lives for Algeria and All the Wretched of the Earth(2025)

Two Lives for Algeria and All the Wretched of the Earth Synopsis

In 1994, at over seventy years old, Gilberte and William Sportisse, threatened by the FIS, arrived from Algeria. Of Jewish faith, he of Arabic mother tongue, they formed a fighting couple, started for the independence of Algeria, always with an unshakeable faith in humanity. They enjoy recounting the participation of Algerian Jews in the Second World War and the struggle for Algerian independence. They provide us with previously unpublished information on the public and clandestine struggles of the Algerian Communist Party before and after independence, and on the repression of activists who, like William and Gilberte Sportisse, were tortured and imprisoned after Colonel Boumédiène came to power. The film is an ode to understanding between people of different origins or cultures and a tribute to a couple whose youthful character and enthusiasm still astonish.

Two Lives for Algeria and All the Wretched of the Earth (2025) is a documentary and history film directed by Sandrine-Malika Charlemagne, released on January 15, 2025 with a runtime of 55m. It stars Gilberte Chemouilli and William Sportisse. Viewers rate it 8.0 out of 10 across 2 ratings.