12 Dec 2007
The Secret of the Grain
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
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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.
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Mourad Bounaas Merwan
Nozha Khouadra Malika
Djorha Bachene La mère de Merwan
Yahia Benmabrouk Le taxi clandestin
Boualem Benani Le capitaine
Pierre-Loup Rajot Ceccaldi
Aziz Anik L'Officier de la PAF
Fawzi B. Saichi Garçon du hammam
Mohamed Nacef L'adjudant
Nadji Beida Miloud
Houari Bellamou Ali
Cheik Doukouré Le chauffeur malien
Thameur L'oncle de Malika
Abdelkader Djalti Le père de Merwan
Abdelhamid Rebaini Le père de Malika
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