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Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.Read moreLess
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
The story
Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
Cast & crew
Gérard DepardieuGeorges
Nathalie BayeGisèle
Mathieu AmalricJacques
Samy SeghirMessaoud / Michou
Catherine Hiegella directrice de l'orphelinat
Philippe Nahonle cafetier
Bernard Yerlèsle copain de Georges
Gérald LarocheRobert
Chick OrtegaViguier
Mohamed FellagAkli
Christian BouilletteLe maire
Abdelhafid MetalsiExplore the crew
- Director
- Thomas Gilou
- Writer
- Massoud Hattou
- Writer
- Thomas Gilou
- Writer
- Jean Cosmos
- Producer
- Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
- Original Music Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Director of Photography
- Robert Alazraki
- Editor
- Francine Sandberg
- Producer
- Michel Feller