| Release Date: | Nov 2010 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama / History / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 138 min |
| Cast: | Jamel Debbouze (Saïd), Roschdy Zem (Messaoud), Sami Bouajila (Abdelkader), Chafia Boudraa (La mère) Bernard Blancan (Colonel Faivre) Sabrina Seyvecou (Hélène) Assaad Bouab (Ali) Thibault de Montalembert (Morvan) Samir Guesmi (Otmani) Jean-Pierre Lorit (Picot) Ahmed Benaissa (Le père) Larbi Zekkal (Le caïd) Mourad Khen (Sanjak) Mohamed Djouhari (L'entraîneur (as ohamed...) Mustapha Bendou (Brahim) Abdelkader Secteur (Hamid) Alain Blazquez (Le patron du cabaret) Eric Larcin (contremaître Renault) Corentin Lobet (Gimenez) Jean Reynès (Mattéï l'imprimeur) Régis Romele (Policier metro) Stéphane Temkine (Le curé) Charles de Gaulle (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) |
After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.
