The Great Journey

The story

Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.

Cast & crew

Nicolas CazaléReda

Mohamed MajdThe Father

Jacky NercessianMustapha

Ghina Ognianova

Ghina OgnianovaLa vieille femme

Kamel BelghaziKhalid

Atik Mohamed

Atik MohamedLe pélerin Ahmad

Malika Mesrar El Hadaoui

Malika Mesrar El HadaouiLa mère

François Baroni

François BaroniLe douanier italien

Krassi Kpacu

Krassi KpacuLe douanier serbe

Kirill Kavadarkov

Kirill KavadarkovLe barman yougoslave

Blajo Wymenski

Blajo WymenskiL'homme du change

Diyan MachevL'homme bavard