Cheb

Jun 5, 1991

1h 19m

★ 10.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

3B Productions

Artédis

Centre Régional des Ressources Audiovisuelles (CRRAV)

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Cast

Merwan

Mourad Bounaas

Malika

Nozha Khouadra

La mère de Merwan

Djohra Bachene

Le taxi clandestin

Yahia Benmabrouk

Le capitaine

Boualem Benani

Ceccaldi

Pierre-Loup Rajot

L'Officier de la PAF

Aziz Anik

Garçon du hammam

Fawzi B. Saichi

L'adjudant

Mohamed Nacef

Miloud

Nadji Beida

Ali

Houari Bellamou

Le chauffeur malien

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