Emilie Busquant, une passion algérienne Filming Locations

Who knows Emilie Busquant? Who knows that she was the companion of Messali Hadj, the father of Algerian nationalism, and that she would have sewn the first Algerian flag? In school textbooks, in French and Algerian official history, Emilie Busquant does not exist. This woman with an exceptional destiny was born on March 3, 1901 in Neuves-Maisons in Lorraine. She went to Paris in 1923 to find a job and met Messali Hadj, who had also come to find a job. A beautiful love story begins, she falls in love with both a man and a cause, the independence of Algeria. Together, they will create in 1926, the first Algerian independence party, the North African Star. She supports all her life in the struggle of the Algerian people. In school textbooks, in French and Algerian official history, Emilie Busquant does not exist. This woman with an exceptional destiny was born on March 3, 1901 in Neuves-Maisons in Lorraine. She went to Paris in 1923 to find a job and met Messali Hadj, who had also come to find a job. A beautiful love story begins, she falls in love with both a man and a cause, the independence of Algeria. Together, they will create in 1926, the first Algerian independence party, the North African Star. She supports all her life in the struggle of the Algerian people.