Michou d'Auber
6.5
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
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Gérard Depardieu
Georges
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Nathalie Baye
Gisèle
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Mathieu Amalric
Jacques
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Samy Seghir
Messaoud / Michou
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Catherine Hiegel
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Philippe Nahon
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Bernard Yerlès
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Gérald Laroche
Robert
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Chick Ortega
Viguier
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Mohamed Fellag
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Christian Bouillette
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Abdelhafid Metalsi
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Thomas Gilou Director · Jean Cosmos Writer Massoud Hattou Writer
First release February 28, 2007 · Produced in France · Languages Arabic, French
Production
MP Productions
Production
TF1 Films Production
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EuropaCorp
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France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · February 28, 2007
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No release date listed for United States.
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