Once Upon a Time in the Oued
5.1
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.
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Cast
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Julien Courbey
Johnny Leclerc
Known for
Chouchou
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Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Mohamed Sabri
Known for
The Italian
David Saracino
Yacine Sabri
Known for
Frontier(s)
Go Fast
Karina Testa
Nadia
Known for
Frontier(s)
The Tuche Family
Marilou Berry
Nadège
Known for
Those Happy Days
Josephine
Amina Annabi
Relah Sabri
Known for
The Sheltering Sky
Cairo Time
Olivier Baroux
Le vacancier suisse
Known for
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
A Ticket to Space
Éric Judor
Les commerçants
Known for
Don't Die Too Hard!
The New Adventures of Aladdin
Ramzy Bedia
Les commerçants
Known for
Don't Die Too Hard!
Coexist
Aziz Degga
Un Tonton
Also in
Omar Gatlato
Elli Fat Mat
Omar Sy
le génie de la lampe
Known for
The Intouchables
Lupin
Salah Eddine Benmoussa
Le Hajj
Also in
Hush Hush Baby
About Some Meaningless Events
Djamel Bensalah Director · Gilles Laurent Writer Yohan Duport Writer
Worldwide gross $5.6M · Budget $5M · First release October 19, 2005
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,600,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
France
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Languages
Original title
Il était une fois dans l'Oued
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 19, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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