Return to Algiers

Return to Algiers

2000
1h 54m
6.5

6.5/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Alexandra Film Canal+
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
Arabic French Hebrew

Quick Facts

Original Title Là-bas... mon pays
Release Date April 12, 2000
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0242627

Cast

Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes

Pierre Nivel

Samy Naceri
Samy Naceri

Issam

Mathilda May
Mathilda May

Nelly Azera

Nozha Khouadra
Nozha Khouadra

Leila/Amina

Pierre Vaneck
Pierre Vaneck

Blanville

Lorànt Deutsch
Lorànt Deutsch

Versanti

Wadeck Stanczak
Wadeck Stanczak

Francis

Elsa Zylberstein
Elsa Zylberstein

Pierre Nivel's wife

Matthias Van Khache
Matthias Van Khache

Étienne

Dora Doll
Dora Doll

Paula Azera

Mostéfa Stiti
Mostéfa Stiti

Fadel

Abderrahmane El Kebir
Abderrahmane El Kebir

Fadel's brother

Key Crew

Alexandre Arcady
Director

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