Untouched by the West
6.5
Loosely based on Diégo Brosset’s novel, set in the Sahara at the beginning of the twentieth century. A man of the desert is adopted by some hunters and becomes a highly respected guide while trying to escape colonization.
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Cast
10 people
Ali Hamit
Alifa
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Raymond Depardon
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Journal de France
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Roger Ikhlef
Claudine Nougaret
Also in
Journal de France
Diégo Brosset
Valentin Silvestrov
Brahim Jiddi
Alifa as a child
Louis Gardel
Wodji Ouardougou
Alifa as an old man
Hassan Yoskoi
Alifa's father
Raymond Depardon Director · Louis Gardel Writer Diego Brosset Author
Worldwide gross $100K · First release September 4, 2002 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$100,497
Production
Palmeraie et Désert
Production
StudioCanal
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Un homme sans l'Occident
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 2002
Premiere
France · January 15, 2003
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
July 4, 2003 · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Germany
September 24, 2003 · Filmfest Hamburg
Netherlands
January 25, 2003 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Poland
May 11, 2007 · Planete Doc Review
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