Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out
In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.
Directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri · Written by Mahmoud Zemmouri
Cast
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Yves Neff Mus -
Fatiha Fawzi Fifi -
Mostéfa Stiti Lounès, le père -
Hubert Deschamps Si Kaddour -
Mustapha El Anka Si Tayeb -
Kader Kada Bachir - El Hadja Aïcha, la grand-mère
- Annie Rousset Djouher, la mère
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Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane Mokrane - Sir Lechea
Make it a double feature
3h together
Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out
The Honour of the Tribe
Both from Mahmoud Zemmouri.
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