From Hollywood to Tamanrasset

Jul 25, 1990

1h 30m

★ 7.8

Overview

On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

BFK

Fennec Productions

Image Connection

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Cast

Jebraoui Rabah, alias JR

Mustapha El Anka

Sue Ellen

Ouardia Hamtouche

Said Burger

Saïd Hilmi

Green Eagle

Mohamed Fellag

Le vendeur de légumes

Yahia Benmabrouk

Le frère de Kheira

Mahmoud Zemmouri

L'égyptien

Aziz Degga

Le commissaire

Larbi Zekkal

Rambo

Fawzi B. Saichi

Kojak

Areski Nebti

Spock

Mostefa Zerguine

Kheira

Evelyne Haroche

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