Pour Djamila

Based on a book written by Simone de Beauvoir, this film recounts the story of Djamila Boupacha, an Algerian woman and National Liberation Front Activist, who was arrested by the French in 1960, accused of terrorism, and tortured. Attorney Gisèle Halimi agreed to defend her and organized a support committee, chaired by Simone de Beauvoir, which alerted the public to the dirty s...