The Child of the Sahara (2018)
While in high school class, a French teenager of Moroccan origin loses his parents in a car accident. A few days later, social services learn that he was adopted and that his natural parents are his aunt and uncle who live in a small village in the Sahara... He decided to join them.
Director: Laurent Merlin
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Ahd Saddik as Mohamed |
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Abdelmoula Oukhita as Hassan |
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Blandine Pélissier as Director, Social Services |
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Sarah Bensoussan as Social Worker |
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Jean-Claude Aumont as Grandfather |
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Lahbiba El Basraoui as Mother |
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Ahmed Oukhita as Father |
| Art | Pierre Feuillatre | Production Design |
| Production | Marie Adler | Producer |
| Directing | Bandar Atifi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Anas Hamouch | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Gaël Simard | Sound |
| Sound | Dave Tinsley | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Edna Delille | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Laurent Merlin | Director |
| Writing | Laurent Merlin | Writer |