| Videos (see all 6 NOUVEAU) |
| Benoît Magimel | ... | Lieutenant Terrien | |
| Albert Dupontel | ... | Sergent Dougnac | |
| Aurélien Recoing | ... | Commandant Vesoul | |
| Marc Barbé | ... | Capitaine Berthaut | |
| Eric Savin | ... | Le sergent tortionnaire | |
| Mohamed Fellag | ... | Idir Danoun (as Fellag) | |
| Lounès Tazairt | ... | Saïd | |
| Abdelhafid Metalsi | ... | Rachid | |
| Vincent Rottiers | ... | Lefranc | |
| Lounès Machene | ... | Amar | |
| Adrien Saint-Joré | ... | Lacroix | |
| Guillaume Gouix | ... | Delmas | |
| Ange Ruzé | ... | Théron | |
| Salem Aït-Ali-Belkacem | ... | Ouramdam | |
| Antoine Laurent | ... | Maheu | |
| Anthony Decadi | ... | Rougier | |
| Xavier Rothmann | ... | Blois | |
| Timothée Manesse | ... | Zunino | |
| Jeremy Azencott | ... | Toto | |
| Kamel Machene | ... | Lounès | |
| Abdelhafid Danoun | ... | Ali | |
| Saïd Djili | ... | Nassim | |
| Malik Bouarrar | ... | Mahoud | |
| Hassib Boukellal | ... | Hassib | |
| Saïd Debiane | ... | Kabyle torturé | |
| Salah Ben Salah | ... | Kabyle exécuté | |
| Ebnjelloul Ilyassan | ... | Attia | |
| Deborah Benzaquen | ... | Femme de Terrien | |
| Martin Simenon | ... | Vigier | |
| Maxime Biar | ... | Fils de Terrien | |
| Hicham Hlimi | ... | Lieutenant Constantin | |
| Gigi Terkemani | ... | Zahra de Taïda | |
| Mohamed Majd | ... | Meziane de Taïda | |
| Ibrahim Mansouri | ... | Guetteur Taïda | |
| Abdelkhalek Youness | ... | Prisonnier torture | |
| Amine Ennaji | ... | Fellagha bataille Rehki | |
| Mustapha El Amraoui | ... | Frère Amar |
Réalisé par | |||
| Florent Emilio Siri | |||
Scénaristes | ||
| Florent Emilio Siri | (adaptation) and | |
| Patrick Rotman | (adaptation) | |
| Patrick Rotman | writer | |
Produit par | |||
| Bénédicte Bellocq | .... | executive producer | |
| François Kraus | .... | producer | |
| Souad Lamriki | .... | executive producer | |
| Denis Pineau-Valencienne | .... | producer | |
Musique originale | |||
| Alexandre Desplat | |||
Image | |||
| Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci | |||
Montage | |||
| Christophe Danilo | |||
| Olivier Gajan | |||
Distribution des rôles | |||
| Christel Baras | |||
| Stéphane Foenkinos | |||
Création des décors | |||
| William Abello | |||
Direction artistique | |||
| Dominique Carrara | |||
Création des costumes | |||
| Laetitia Harvey | |||
| Mimi Lempicka | |||
Maquillage | |||
| Sonia Akouz | .... | makeup artist: Morocco | |
| Nezha Aouis | .... | makeup artist: Morocco | |
| Laurent Cazeau | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Mélanie Gerbeaux | .... | assistant special effects makeup artist | |
| Sahi Hicham | .... | hair stylist | |
| Alexis Kinebanyan | .... | assistant special effects makeup artist | |
| Benoît Lestang | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Françoise Quilichini | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Hicham Sahi | .... | hair assistant | |
| Rachid Sahi | .... | hair stylist: Morocco | |
| Geoffroy Selley | .... | assistant special effects makeup artist (as Geoffroy Felley) | |
| Chloé Van Lierde | .... | assistant special effects makeup artist | |
Directeur de production | |||
| Miloud Akdim | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Antoine Beau | .... | production manager | |
| Zoubir Belgsir | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Mohamed Idrissi Chaouki | .... | assistant unit manager (as Mohamed Chawqui Idrissi) | |
| Olivier Gravenhorst | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Redouane Inzig | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Abdenabi Izlaguen | .... | assistant unit manager (as Abdenbi Izlagen) | |
| Antoine Moussault | .... | unit production manager | |
| Abderrahim Rbibe | .... | assistant unit manager (as Abderrahim R'Bibe) | |
| Tony Valence | .... | unit manager | |
Assistant réalisateur | |||
| Noureddine Aberdine | .... | first assistant director | |
| Lofti Aït Jaoui | .... | assistant director | |
| Dominique Carrara | .... | second unit director | |
| Romain Cros | .... | assistant director trainee | |
| Rachid Doha | .... | assistant director | |
| Mustapha Grumij | .... | third assistant director | |
| Abdellatif Jarna | .... | assistant director | |
| Amine Lamriki | .... | assistant director | |
| Cyril Pavaux | .... | second assistant director | |
| Michael Viger | .... | first assistant director | |
Département Art | |||
| Touria Bemali | .... | art department administrator: Morocco (as Touria Benali) | |
| Dominique Carrara | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Fabio Carussi | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Alain Delgrange | .... | assistant production designer | |
| Hind Ghazali | .... | set dresser: Morocco | |
| Fred Glon | .... | builder | |
| Karim Haffad | .... | property master: Morocco | |
| Bernard Warnas | .... | property master | |
| Halima Zniber | .... | art coordinator: Morocco (as Helma Zniber) | |
Technicien du son | |||
| Germain Boulay | .... | sound editor | |
| Germain Boulay | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Pascal Dedeye | .... | foley artist | |
| Antoine Deflandre | .... | sound | |
| Nicolas d'Halluin | .... | sound recordist | |
| Ludovic Flamand | .... | trainee sound editor | |
| Daniel Gries | .... | assistant foley artist | |
| Jean-Christophe Julé | .... | foley recordist | |
| Marion Lorthioir | .... | post-synchronization | |
| Frédéric Mascaras | .... | assistant sound | |
| Pierre Picq | .... | post-synchronization boom operator | |
| Serge Rouquairol | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Marie-Chantal Tesche | .... | sound detection (as Chantal Tesche) | |
| Eric Tisserand | .... | sound mixer | |
| Amine Zakaria | .... | assistant sound | |
Effets spéciaux | |||
| Grégoire Delage | .... | special effects coordinator | |
| Georges Demétrau | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Pascal Fauvelle | .... | special effects technician | |
| Sara Helminger | .... | special effects technician | |
| Charles-Axel Vollard | .... | special effects assistant | |
Visual Effects | |||
| Philippe Aubry | .... | lead Flame artist | |
| Philippe Aubry | .... | visual effects supervisor: def2shoot | |
| Lucie Bories | .... | digital compositor | |
| Laurent Brett | .... | digital compositor | |
| Laurent Brett | .... | title designer | |
| Stephanie Broussaud | .... | Lustre assistant | |
| Seb Caudron | .... | visual effects supervisor: def2shoot | |
| Jimmy Cavé | .... | computer graphics artist | |
| Nicolas Daniel | .... | Lustre assistant | |
| François Dupuy | .... | digital intermediate technical director | |
| Amélie Guyot | .... | matchmover | |
| Élodie Ichter | .... | Lustre assistant | |
| Alex Jadfard | .... | digital compositor | |
| Abdel Ali Kassou | .... | technical manager | |
| Yann Larochette | .... | digital compositor | |
| Arnaud Leviez | .... | computer graphics supervisor | |
| Arnaud Leviez | .... | digital compositor | |
| Elodie Ly Tri | .... | retouch and restoration | |
| Tim Mendler | .... | movematcher | |
| Vion Nicolas | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Charlotte Quemy | .... | retouch and restoration | |
Cascadeur | |||
| Taieb Ajedig | .... | stunts (as Taïeb Ageddig) | |
| Yassin Aouiss | .... | stunts | |
| Mjidel Ghachi | .... | stunts | |
| Issam Ghezouli | .... | stunts | |
| Rodolphe Gonckel | .... | stunts | |
| Aziza Nadir | .... | stunts | |
| Cedric Proust | .... | stunts | |
| Joel Proust | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Hicham Rhoum | .... | stunts | |
| Hanan Rida | .... | stunts | |
| Siham Rida | .... | stunts | |
| Florian Robin | .... | stunts | |
Caméra et Département Electrique | |||
| Valerio Azzali | .... | focus puller: second unit | |
| Adil Benmohamed | .... | assistant camera | |
| Matteo Carlesimo | .... | Steadicam operator | |
| Matteo Carlesimo | .... | camera operator: "b" camera | |
| Hassan Chrij | .... | grip | |
| Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | .... | camera operator: "b" camera | |
| Lelio Copponi | .... | assistant camera | |
| Antoni Dimundu | .... | grip | |
| Brahim El Mazghi | .... | gaffer (as Brahim Mazghi) | |
| Sergio Faina | .... | key grip | |
| Doriano Forti | .... | best boy grip | |
| Thibault Grabherr | .... | still photographer | |
| Marco Graziaplena | .... | focus puller | |
| Redouane Lagtaa | .... | grip | |
| Massimiliano Lanciotti | .... | grip | |
| Djmilah Mohcine | .... | gaffer (as Mohcine Jmila) | |
| Yassine Nabague | .... | gaffer | |
| Massimiliano Sardini | .... | electrician | |
| Renato Sardini | .... | electrician | |
Département Costume et garde-Robe | |||
| Nadia Aouach | .... | costume assistant | |
| Emma Bellocq | .... | head wardrobe: Morocco | |
| Abderrahim Benkhayi | .... | costume assistant | |
| Abdeliah Bidari | .... | costume assistant (as Abdelillah Bedari) | |
| Ghizlaine Boufersi | .... | costume assistant | |
| Mohammed Boukhouima | .... | costumer: Morocco (as Si Mohamed Boukhouima) | |
| Houssine El Behja | .... | costume assistant | |
| Frédéric Llinares | .... | costumer | |
| Khadija Rahli | .... | trainee costumer: Morocco | |
| Clémentine Rousselot | .... | trainee costumer | |
Dpartement Editorial | |||
| Valentin Durning | .... | assistant editor | |
| Florence Jacquet | .... | assistant editor | |
| Catherine Jézéquel | .... | assistant editor | |
| Aurélie Laumont | .... | color timer | |
| Charlotte Mazzinghi | .... | digital color grader | |
| Juliette Urbain | .... | assistant editor | |
| Coralie Van Rietschoten | .... | assistant editor | |
Divers | |||
| Gilbert Bellocq | .... | production administrator: Morocco | |
| Coralie Cournil | .... | production assistant | |
| Natacha Drion | .... | production secretary | |
| Bertrant Gagey | .... | assistant script supervisor: Morocco (as Bertrand Gagey) | |
| Mona Houd | .... | production assistant: Morocco | |
| Cathy Kerbrat | .... | production secretary | |
| Samuel Massamba | .... | making-of director | |
| Julien Sabourdin | .... | production controller | |
| Valentine Traclet | .... | script supervisor | |
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L'Ennemi Intime is simply a non-movie. What does it take to dish out such an unidentifiable cinematographic object? Producer blindness, too proud to see the vacuum in the project, too proud to have it challenged by some trustworthy colleague.
L'Ennemi Intime first (digital) shot sets it all : it is not linked with the beginning of narration and the only purpose is to have the movie title pompously emerge from the horizon. Let's forget it. What's the story? A French platoon is stuck in the middle of The Undeclared War in Algeria. It's not really that they are stuck but there's a sensation they're alone to fight an (oh so) absurd war. Actually they are the French colonial power struggling against the ever elusive rebel forces who will fight to death for their freedom, for Algerian independence.
The subtext is clear if you know this part of History, yet the political aspect is buried under the makeshift of a script, I mean the episodic screenplay... well, let's say it more bluntly: the treatment in pictures.
Would you believe the storyline is only made of a series of missions that are loosely connected (fight the rebels round the corner)? What else? Nothing. The pitched opposition between the idealistically young Lieutenant and the experienced tough Sergeant is not an opposition, only an easy-going working relationship. Lieutenant Terrien (Magimel) is a bland character with no character arc whatsoever, Sergeant Dougnac (Dupontel) is basically more interesting but nothing interesting happens to him after the opening sequence before Terrien is brought in to helm the bunch.
Except for a couple of French-Algerian characters there's almost nobody to root for. The absence of story is all the more palpable as locations are great and the cinematography is excellent. In the end there's a gigantic gap between the graphical aspirations of the director and the inaction imposed over by the script.
Obviously the idea was to team up a promising director (Siri) who would deliver the images and a documentary screenwriter (Rotman) who would deliver the contents (historical and controversial yet accurate). The problem is Siri is light on screen-writing and only understands action while Rotman is overwhelmed by his historical knowledge and doesn't know how to write fiction (i.e. loosen the ties of historical accuracy to tell an engaging story featuring interesting fictional characters).
BOTTOM LINE. Cinematography and locations: excellent. All the rest is not worth watching.