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Once Upon a Time in the Oued (2005)
Directed by Djamel Bensalah
Overview
In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He’s even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family’s luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his “roots”. As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Julien Courbey | Sid Ahmed Agoumi | David Saracino | Karina Testa | Marilou Berry | Amina Annabi | Olivier Baroux | Eric Judor | Ramzy Bedia | Aziz Degga | Omar Sy | Salah Eddine Benmoussa | Atmen Kelif | Elie Semoun | Frankie Pain | Pierre Ménès | Max Morel | Karim Belkhadra | Medy Kerouani | Mustapha Slaoui | Jamal Lababsi | Omar Yami | Tapa Sudana | Youssef Britel | Abdelkader Lofti | Mohamed Tsouli | Kamel Bouakkaz | Aïcha Mahmah