Le fusil de bois

1960. At the height of the Algerian war, Sergeant Dallers discovers Lagrange in his patrol, a mentally retarded boy enlisted by mistake. The discharge papers are delayed and Lagrange, seeking desperately to be accepted, suffers the humiliations inflicted by the other soldiers. Moved, Dallers soon takes him under his wing...

Directed by: Pierre Delerive (France, 1995)
Cast: Samuel Le Bihan (Dallers), Jean-François Garreaud (Morin), Jordi Mollá (Lagrange), Yves Collignon (Rapp), Philippe Frécon (Lemaire)
Genre: drama