La Valise ou le Cercueil (transl. The Suitcase or the Coffin) is a 2011 French documentary about the pieds-noirs who fled from French Algeria to mainland France after the Évian Accords at the end of the Algerian War.[1][2] It was directed by Charly Cassan, who was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Academic Palms for the film.[3]
The title is a direct reference to a slogan by the Algerian People's Party, seen on leaflets distributed to mailboxes in Constantine as early as 1946. "La valise ou le cercueil" was subsequently taken up by certain Algerian nationalists against the pied-noirs population during the Algerian War.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "Quint-Fonsegrives. Ils ont fait un film de mémoire sur 130 ans en Algérie". La Dépêche du Midi. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Cappuri, Jean-Paul (March 15, 2012). "Charly Cassan : " Trop de mensonges et de non-dits "". Corse Matin. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Charly Cassan, chevalier des Palmes académiques". Midi Libre. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^ "Pieds-noirs : la valise ou le cercueil" [Pieds-noirs: the suitcase or the coffin]. Harkis Nantes 1962. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018.
- ^ Maurice, Faivre (6 May 2002). "La valise ou le cercueil" [The suitcase or the coffin]. La Croix. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024.
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