The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Ali GhalemWriter
- Ali GhalemDirector
- Michel BergerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Abderrahmane El KebirAhmed
- Pierre MiratSite manager
- Ali GhalemSalah
- Álvaro MarencoRouge
- Anouk FerjacCast
Stills
Themes
franceimmigrationracismalgeriaproletariatunion strugglebidonvilles