Once Upon a Time in the Oued

2005

1h 33m

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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.

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Yohan Duport(writer by)
Gilles Laurent(writer by)
Djamel Bensalah(writer by)
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Julien Courbey
Johnny Leclerc
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Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Mohamed Sabri
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David Saracino
Yacine Sabri
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Amina Annabi
Relah Sabri
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Olivier Baroux
Le vacancier suisse
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Éric Judor
Les commerçants
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Ramzy Bedia
Les commerçants
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Aziz Degga
Un Tonton
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Omar Sy
le génie de la lampe
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Atmen Kelif
Naber, un cousin du désert
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Élie Semoun
Le maître d'hôtel
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Frankie Pain
la mère de Johnny
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Pierre Ménès
patron de Yacine au marché
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Max Morel
Le père de Johnny
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Karim Belkhadra
Le parrain

Writers

Yohan Duport(writer by)
Gilles Laurent(writer by)
Djamel Bensalah(writer by)

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Release date

October 19, 2005 (United States)

Country of origin

France

Language

French

Production company

Gaumont

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