Synopsis
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic59/100
207 audience votes
Key crew
- Rachid BoucharebScreenplay
- Rachid BoucharebDirector
- Armand AmarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jamel DebbouzeSaïd
- Roschdy ZemMessaoud
- Sami BouajilaAbdelkader
- Chafia BoudraaMother
- Bernard BlancanFaivre
- Sabrina SeyvecouHélène
- Assaad BouabAli
- Thibault de MontalembertMorvan
- Samir GuesmiOtmani
- Jean-Pierre LoritPicot
- Ahmed BenaissaFather
- Larbi ZekkalBoss
Stills
Themes
uniformpolice brutalitypimpstranglerevengeblood bath