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Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Ismaël FerroukhiDirector
- Ismaël FerroukhiWriter
Cast
- Nicolas CazaléReda
- Mohamed MajdThe Father
- Jacky NercessianMustapha
- Ghina OgnianovaLa vieille femme
- Kamel BelghaziKhalid
- Atik MohamedLe pélerin Ahmad
- Malika Mesrar El HadaouiLa mère
- François BaroniLe douanier italien
- Krassi KpacuLe douanier serbe
- Kirill KavadarkovLe barman yougoslave
- Blajo WymenskiL'homme du change
- Diyan MachevL'homme bavard
Themes
parent child relationshippilgrimage