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In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.Read moreLess
In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.
The story
In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Muslim, observes Ramadan and wears a djelaba. He's even convinced that his name is Abdelbachir and that he was born in a small village in the bled. When his friend Yacine gets into trouble with a local kaid and decides to return to Algeria for the vacations, he smuggles himself into the Sabri family's luggage to fulfill his dream and finally get to know his "roots". As soon as he arrived on the Algerian coast, Johnny felt right at home. But Yacine is opposed to his father, who wants to arrange his marriage.
Cast & crew
Julien CourbeyJohnny Leclerc
Sid Ahmed AgoumiMohamed Sabri
David SaracinoYacine Sabri
Karina TestaNadia
Marilou BerryNadège
Amina AnnabiRelah Sabri
Olivier BarouxLe vacancier suisse
Éric JudorLes commerçants
Ramzy BediaLes commerçants
Aziz DeggaUn Tonton
Omar Syle génie de la lampe
Salah Eddine BenmoussaLe HajjExplore the crew
- Director
- Djamel Bensalah
- Writer
- Yohan Duport
- Producer
- Franck Chorot
- Writer
- Gilles Laurent
- Writer
- Djamel Bensalah
- Editor
- Jean-François Elie
- Director of Photography
- Pascal Gennesseaux