Summer of '62

Summer of '62 (French: Cartouches gauloises) is a 2007 French film, filmed in Algeria and directed by Mehdi Charef. It was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.^[1][2]

Summer of '62
French	Cartouches gauloises
Directed by	Mehdi Charef
Written by	Mehdi Charef
Produced by	Michele Ray-Gavras
Starring	Tolga Cayir Julien Amaté Hamada Thomas Millet
Cinematography	Jérôme Almeras
Edited by	Yorgos Lamprinos
Music by	Armand Amar
Production companies	KG Productions Pathé Distribution Battam Films
Distributed by	Pathé Films
Release date	May 2007 (2007-05) (Cannes Film Festival)
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

The plot concerns the final stages of the Algerian War of Independence in the summer if 1962, as seen through the eyes of Ali, the 11-year-old son of an FLN moudjahid, his mother and his French and Arab friends, as they experience the massive social changes of the end of French rule. The ensemble cast consists mostly of amateur actors.

Cast

• Hamada - Ali
• Zahia Said - Aïcha
• Thomas Millet - Nico
• Tolga Cayir - Gino
• Julien Amate - David
• Nassim Meziane - Paul
• Aurore Labrugère - Julie
• Nadia Samir - Habiba
• Bonnafet Tarbouriech - Barnabé (Station Chief)
• Mohamed Dine Elhannani - Djelloul
• Betty Krestinsky - Rachel
• Assia Brahmi - Zina
• Marc Robert - Lt. Laurent