Cheb

Cheb

1991 · 79 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on the street.

Directed by Rachid Bouchareb · Written by Christian Zerbib

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