Last Image (La dernière image) 37 years old

Seen through the filtered lens of boyhood memories, award-winning director Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina crafted this half-fictional, half-autobiographical account of a brief period in the history of an Algerian village. It is 1940, and the quiet town is ruled by French colonialists appointed by the Vichy government. Algerians are being called up for service in the Vichy military, and Jews in the village are in danger of deportation. A beautiful young schoolteacher named Claire Boyer (Veronique Jannot) arrives in town and turns every male head within miles, including 14-year-old Mouloud (Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, the director's son). Simon Attal (Michel Boujenah), a fellow teacher and a Jew, is also attracted to Claire, and so is Mouloud's older brother. Suddenly two murders occur in the village, Simon is in danger of being deported, and the tone shifts from the dreams of boyhood to the realities of manhood.

Credits

Jean-François Balmer as

Véronique Jannot as

Jean Bouise as

Michel Boujenah as

Last Image Cast

Name	Character
Jean-François Balmer He was 40, now 78 years old
Véronique Jannot She was 29, now 66 years old
Jean Bouise He was 56, 60 years old when he died
Michel Boujenah He was 33, now 71 years old

Last Image Crew

Name	Department
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Director. He was 52 (now 90) years old	Directing

Last Image (37 years)

Release day: Monday, June 02, 1986
Runtime: 195 minutes