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2026102 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

From Here to the Apple Tree

2026102 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A grandson grapples with the legacy of the Algerian War as he moves into his grandfather's home, seeking to understand the impact of a ravaged world.

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A grandson grapples with the legacy of the Algerian War as he moves into his grandfather's home, seeking to understand the impact of a ravaged world.

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Cyprien Ponsondirector

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Like so many young men of his generation in France, my grandfather was sent to the Algerian War — a war that still haunts him when he has to move into a nursing home. Moving into his house, I try to make his walls, his garden, his memory my own. How to live with the legacy of a ravaged world?

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