3B Productions
Tessalit Films
Taos Films
Catalogue
- Director
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Rachid Bouchareb,
- Author(s)
- Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle,
- Actor(s)
- Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Chafia Boudra,
- Genre :
- Thriller,
- Production
- Tessalit Productions, Tassili (Algérie), Ministère de la Culture Algérien et l'Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC), EPTV, Ministère des Moujahidines, Studio Canal, France 2, France 3, Novak (Belgique),
- Distribution
- Studio Canal,
- Release date
- September 22nd 2010,
Out of the law
After loosing 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.
Awards :
2010:
CANNES: OFFICIAL COMPETITION
DAMASCUS: Golden Award and Best Arab Film Award
OSCARS: Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS: Nomination Best Foreign Motion picture