La banlieue, c’est le paradis (2025)
In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.
Director: Nathalie Conscience
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Mohamed Bouhafsi as Self - Host, Interviewer & Narrator |
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Nassira Bouhafsi as Self - Guest |
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Farida Khelfa as Self - Guest |
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Fabien Roussel as Self - Guest |
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Sofiane Zermani as Self - Guest |
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Emmanuel Macron as Self - Guest |
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Akhenaton as Self - Guest |
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Sabrina Ouazani as Self - Guest |
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Franck Gastambide as Self - Guest |
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François Hollande as Self - Guest |
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Jean-Louis Borloo as Self - Guest |
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Dominique Tapie as Self - Guest |
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Nicolas Sarkozy as Self - Guest |
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Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine as Self - Guest |
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Xavier Niel as Self - Guest |
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François Mitterrand as Self (archive footage) |
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Renaud Epstein as Self - Sociologist |
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Adjera Lakehal-Brafman as Self - Guest |
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Corinne Angelini as Self - Guest |
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Bernard Tapie as Self - Politician, businessman (archive footage) |
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Xavier Niel as Self - Guest, businessman |
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Nadir Hammache as Self - Guest |
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Michel Cantal-Dupart as Self - Guest |
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Diangou Traoré as Self - Guest |
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Monique Munoz as Self - Guest |
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Christian Delorme as Self - Guest |
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Djamel Attalah as Self - Guest |
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Tanaz Rohani as Self - Guest |
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Karine Julien-Elkaïm as Self - Guest |
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Aurélien Devise as Self - Guest |
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Fehmi Cherif as Self - Guest |
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Olivier Klein as Self - Guest |
| Directing | Nathalie Conscience | Director |
| Writing | Mohamed Bouhafsi | Idea |
| Writing | Nathalie Conscience | Author |
| Production | Pierre-Antoine Capton | Producer |
