The Ambassadors
8.3
“Each of you is an ambassador, and we are sure that each of you will be the best ambassador of our country.” This is how the film begins; a speech to emigrant workers for France. Salah left his three sisters and his mother to become an ambassador, going to work on a Defense site, wading in the mud, he works with a jackhammer. Salah wanders in search of work and housing. Coming up against racism from the owners claiming the respectability of the building and the good neighborhood, he finds himself in a hotel in the Goutte d'Or district. The body of Mehdi, friend of Salah, was found in the Canal Saint-Martin, murdered by a fascist commando, and Ali died of a bullet, killed by a racist janitor. Faced with crimes that remain unpunished, Salah and his friends organize, unite with the French working class to defend their lives and their right to work.
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Cast
17 people
Sid Ali Kouiret
Salah
Also in
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Tahar Kebaili
Mehdi
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Mohamed Hamam
Ahmed
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Faouzi Kasri
Ali
Med Hondo
Med
Known for
Asterix and the Vikings
Incontrôlable
Jacques Rispal
M. Pierre, le concierge
Known for
The Cat
Going Places
Marcel Cuvelier
Pierre
Known for
Le Doulos
Elevator to the Gallows
Pierre Forget
Cecelle
Known for
The Vanishing
Three Colors: Blue
Françoise Thuries
L'institutrice
Also in
Family Is Family
Silence... We're Shooting
Okacha Touita
Also in
Pétrole ! Pétrole !
Harragas
Catherine Rivet
Catherine
Known for
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François Dyrek
Paul
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Naceur Ktari Director · Gérard Gauger Writer Lise Bouzidi Writer
First release January 2, 1975 · Produced in France, Libya, Tunisia · Languages Arabic, French
Production
Unité Trois
Production
SATPEC
Production
OGEK
Production
France · Libya · Tunisia
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Languages
Original title
Les Ambassadeurs
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Tunisia · January 2, 1975
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No release date listed for United States.