Return to Algiers

Return to Algiers

2000 · 114 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama

Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.

Directed by Alexandre Arcady · Written by Alexandre Arcady

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Antoine de Caunes Pierre Nivel
Samy Naceri Issam
Mathilda May Nelly Azera
Nozha Khouadra Leila/Amina
Pierre Vaneck Blanville
Lorànt Deutsch Versanti
Wadeck Stanczak Francis
Elsa Zylberstein Pierre Nivel's wife
Matthias Van Khache Étienne
Dora Doll Paula Azera
Mostéfa Stiti Fadel
Abderrahmane El Kebir Fadel's brother

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