After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on the street.
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Cast
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Mourad Bounaas
Merwan
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Nozha Khouadra
Malika
Known for
Le Brio
Marseille
Rachid Bouchareb
Known for
Our Ties
Guy Lecorne
Abdelkrim Bahloul
Known for
Yamakasi
Wolf
Djohra Bachene
La mère de Merwan
Also in
Bab El Oued City
The Forgotten Hill
Jean Bréhat
Youcef Sahraoui
Yahia Benmabrouk
Le taxi clandestin
Also in
Inspector Tahar's Holiday
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Christian Zerbib
Safy Boutella
Boualem Benani
Le capitaine
Also in
Omar Gatlato
Wind from the South
Rachid Bouchareb Director · Abdelkrim Bahloul Screenplay Christian Zerbib Screenplay
First release February 22, 1991 · Produced in Algeria, France · Languages Arabic, French
Production
3B Productions
Production
Artédis
Production · Distribution
Centre Régional des Ressources Audiovisuelles (CRRAV)
Production
Algeria · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Germany · February 22, 1991
Berlin International Film Festival
France · June 5, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 6, 1991 · Toronto Film Festival
Czechia
January 30, 2004 · Febio Film Festival
Netherlands
April 3, 1992
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