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Once Upon a Time in the Oued
2005, Oct 19
1h 33m
In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.
Directed by
Djamel Bensalah
Written by
Djamel Bensalah, Gilles Laurent, Yohan Duport
Omar Sy
le génie de la lampe
Eric Judor
Les commerçants
Ramzy Bedia
Les commerçants
Élie Semoun
Le maître d'hôtel
Atmen Kelif
Naber, un cousin du désert
Marilou Berry
Nadège
Frankie Pain
la mère de Johnny
Karina Testa
Nadia
Karim Belkhadra
Le parrain
Julien Courbey
Johnny Leclerc
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Mohamed Sabri
David Saracino
Yacine Sabri
Amina Annabi
Relah Sabri
Olivier Baroux
Le vacancier suisse
Max Morel
Le père de Johnny
Salah Eddine Benmoussa
Le Hajj
Aziz Degga
Un Tonton
Pierre Ménès
patron de Yacine au marché
Tapa Sudana
Vieux Chinois cité
Omar Yami
Le Douanier
Medi Kerouani
Mehdi Sabri
Jamal Lababsi
Le videur
Mustapha Slaoui
L'oncle du désert
Abdelkader Lofti
Le cheikh
Mohamed Tsouli
David, l'homme à la kippa
Kamel Bouakkaz
Guichetier à la Poste d'Alger
Aïcha Mahmah
Grand-mère d'Alger
Maria Jittou
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