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6.8/10 • 6

2000-04-121h 54m

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.

Directors
Alexandre Arcady

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  1. Antoine de Caunes

    Antoine de Caunes

    Pierre Nivel

  2. Samy Naceri

    Samy Naceri

    Issam

  3. Mathilda May

    Mathilda May

    Nelly Azera

  4. Nozha Khouadra

    Nozha Khouadra

    Leila/Amina

  5. Pierre Vaneck

    Pierre Vaneck

    Blanville

  6. Lorànt Deutsch

    Lorànt Deutsch

    Versanti

  7. Wadeck Stanczak

    Wadeck Stanczak

    Francis

  8. Elsa Zylberstein

    Elsa Zylberstein

    Pierre Nivel's wife

  9. Matthias Van Khache

    Matthias Van Khache

    Étienne

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