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Melliti Brothers Productions

The Magic

1994 95 min French
Wubly rating 6.6 IMDb rating 7.0

A semi-autobiographical story, based on the life of director, in which a young boy is left home alone to watch over the family residence when his impoverished family emigrates to France. The boy discovers the joy of movies at a local cinema and begins to try and re-enact them.

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Cast

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Azdine Melliti Director · Nina Jo Baker Writer

Budget $1.5M · First release January 2, 1994 · Produced in Algeria, Tunisia

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Budget

$1,500,000

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Melliti Brothers Productions

Production

Algeria · Tunisia

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Original title

Le magique

Original language

French

Spoken on screen

Arabic

Release dates

Tunisia · January 2, 1994

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No release date listed for United States.

Algeria

January 1, 1995

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