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Free Men (French: Les Hommes libres) is a 2011 French war drama film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other Muslims from the Maghreb in Paris played in the French Resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944).
Mar 16, 2012 · Free Men: Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. With Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal. In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
- 2012-03-16
Sep 7, 2011 · Free Men (2011) Movie Trailer HD - TIFF. Set in German-occupied Paris in 1942, Younes, an Algerian black marketer, is arrested by the police and agrees to spy on a Parisian mosque suspected...
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Feb 1, 2012 · In German occupied Paris, a young Algerian earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on a Paris Mosque that the ...
- 2 min
- 16.1K
- Film Movement
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- Anne-Frédérique Widmann
- 4
- Kenneth Reams
- 90 min
Mar 16, 2012 · Film Movement. 1 h 39 m. Summary 1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque.
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.
