Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

2005 fr 93 minutes

Rating: 5.5

Plot

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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Cast

Julien Courbey

Julien Courbey

Johnny Leclerc

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Mohamed Sabri

David Saracino

David Saracino

Yacine Sabri

Karina Testa

Karina Testa

Nadia

Marilou Berry

Marilou Berry

Nadège

Amina Annabi

Amina Annabi

Relah Sabri

Olivier Baroux

Olivier Baroux

Le vacancier suisse

Eric Judor

Eric Judor

Les commerçants

Ramzy Bedia

Ramzy Bedia

Les commerçants

Aziz Degga

Aziz Degga

Un Tonton

Omar Sy

Omar Sy

le génie de la lampe

Salah Eddine Benmoussa

Salah Eddine Benmoussa

Le Hajj

Atmen Kelif

Atmen Kelif

Naber, un cousin du désert

Élie Semoun

Élie Semoun

Le maître d'hôtel

Frankie Pain

Frankie Pain

la mère de Johnny

Pierre Ménès

Pierre Ménès

patron de Yacine au marché

Max Morel

Max Morel

Le père de Johnny

Karim Belkhadra

Karim Belkhadra

Le parrain

Medi Kerouani

Medi Kerouani

Mehdi Sabri

Mustapha Slaoui

Mustapha Slaoui

L'oncle du désert

Jamal Lababsi

Jamal Lababsi

Le videur

Omar Yami

Omar Yami

Le Douanier

Tapa Sudana

Tapa Sudana

Vieux Chinois cité

Youssef Britel

Youssef Britel

Un cousin d'Oran

Abdelkader Lofti

Abdelkader Lofti

Le cheikh

Mohamed Tsouli

Mohamed Tsouli

David, l'homme à la kippa

Kamel Bouakkaz

Kamel Bouakkaz

Guichetier à la Poste d'Alger

Aïcha Mahmah

Aïcha Mahmah

Grand-mère d'Alger

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