The First Man

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he travels back to Algeria in 1957, a place full of childhood memories. The country is split between those wanting to remain a part of France, and those demanding independence. Reminiscences of his mother, his stern grandmother and a young Arab boy come flooding back.

Drama

Jacques Gamblin

(Jacques Cormery)

Maya Sansa

(Catherine Cormery (1924))

Catherine Sola

(Catherine Cormery (1957))

Denis Podalydès

(Professor Bernard)

Ulla Baugué

(Grandma)

Nicolas Giraud

(Uncle Étienne (1924))

Nino Jouglet

(Jacques as a child)

Abdelkarim Benhabouccha

(Hamoud)

Hachemi Abdelmalek

(Aziz)

Djamel Hadj Saïd

(Hamoud as a child)

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

(Uncle Étienne (1957))

Jean-François Stévenin

(Farmer)

Michel Crémadès

(Graveyard keeper)

Mickaël Batret

(Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret))

Jean Benoit Souilh

(Student)

Nicolas Lublin

(Journalist)

Florent Chesne

(Student at the balcony)

Franck Mercadal

(Speaker)

Alexandre Michel

(Student)

Benoit Bertran de Balanda

(Student)

Barthélémy Gilet

(Jacques' classmate)

Jean-Bastien Perichon

(Jacques' classmate)

Nathan Blanchedan

(Jacques's classmate)

Mohammed Boubker

(Dogcatcher)

Mohammed Boubker Jr.

(Dogcatcher's son)

Christophe Dimitri Réveille

(Antoine)

Régis Romele

(Butcher)

Jérôme Le Paulmier

(Mill owner)

Adij Benguettat

(Mill owner's assistant)

Celia Ouled Mohand

(Child at the tipography)

Roumayca Abbou

(Child on the stairs)

Ygal Egry

(French officer)

Mohammed Zahir Taifour

(Hamoud's brother)

Sacha Petronijevic

(Civil servant)

Hanaë Bardiaux

(Girl in the bar)

Maurice Antoni

(Examining teacher)

Alexandre Delamadeleine

(Henri Cormery)

Franck Beckmann

(Settler)

Oualahi Messouda

(Aziz's mother)