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This film investigates a subject never seen before seen on TV: the use of chemical weapons by the French army during the Algerian War.
Based on exclusive historian research and unique archives material, extending the investigation with testimonies from French and Algerian veterans and experts in the field of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, the film details the context and scale of this chemical war.
We reveal how those in charge at the time ordered, tested and then used toxic gas on a massive scale to eliminate the fighters hiding in the caves.
Along with torture and the displacement of populations, chemical warfare was the latest in a series of breaches of France's international commitments, which it flouted to wage its colonial war.
This film shows it step by step, giving it its geographical dimension and human scale, and enabling viewers to grasp both its topicality and its historical depth.