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1953, Algeria. Frantz Fanon is appointed head physician of the psychiatric hospital in Blida. The country is under French colonial rule. His innovative and humane approach to treating Algerian patients immediately provokes resistance from the institution's administration. But Fanon, unwilling to compromise, continues to stand by his convictions. His ideas draw the attention of Abane Ramdane, leader of the National Liberation Front, who offers Fanon his support. As the confrontation between the French authorities and the national liberation army intensifies, Fanon, along with his wife Josie, is drawn into a whirlwind of violence, which ultimately leads him to side with the Algerians fighting for independence.