Once Upon a Time in the Oued (2005)
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.
Director: Djamel Bensalah
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Julien Courbey as Johnny Leclerc |
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Sid Ahmed Agoumi as Mohamed Sabri |
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David Saracino as Yacine Sabri |
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Karina Testa as Nadia |
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Marilou Berry as Nadège |
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Amina Annabi as Relah Sabri |
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Olivier Baroux as Le vacancier suisse |
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Éric Judor as Les commerçants |
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Ramzy Bedia as Les commerçants |
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Aziz Degga as Un Tonton |
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Omar Sy as le génie de la lampe |
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Salah Eddine Benmoussa as Le Hajj |
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Atmen Kelif as Naber, un cousin du désert |
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Élie Semoun as Le maître d'hôtel |
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Frankie Pain as la mère de Johnny |
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Pierre Ménès as patron de Yacine au marché |
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Max Morel as Le père de Johnny |
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Karim Belkhadra as Le parrain |
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Medi Kerouani as Mehdi Sabri |
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Mustapha Slaoui as L'oncle du désert |
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Jamal Lababsi as Le videur |
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Omar Yami as Le Douanier |
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Tapa Sudana as Vieux Chinois cité |
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Youssef Britel as Un cousin d'Oran |
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Abdelkader Lofti as Le cheikh |
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Mohamed Tsouli as David, l'homme à la kippa |
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Kamel Bouakkaz as Guichetier à la Poste d'Alger |
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Aïcha Mahmah as Grand-mère d'Alger |
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AP du 113 as Pote 4 |
| Directing | Djamel Bensalah | Director |
| Writing | Yohan Duport | Writer |
| Production | Franck Chorot | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ferouz Zaafour | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Gilles Laurent | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Jittou | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Bouchra Fakhri | Casting |
| Writing | Djamel Bensalah | Writer |
| Sound | Nicolas d'Halluin | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabio Perrone | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jean-François Elie | Editor |
| Sound | Alain Lévy | Sound |
| Sound | Antoine Deflandre | Sound |
| Art | Hind Ghazali | Production Design |
| Camera | Pascal Gennesseaux | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Abdelkarim Brahmi-Benalla | Music |
| Sound | Reda Taliani | Music |
