Ali in Wonderland

Ali in Wonderland

1980
2h 9m
9.5

9.5/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Comedy
Overview

In the 1980s, barely 18 years after Algeria's independence, Algerian immigration to France massively fueled the construction industry, responding to a demand for hard, undervalued labor. Behind the idea of ​​"selective immigration," these men were recruited primarily for their bras and their knock-kneed hands, shaped by construction sites. Invisible yet essential, they built roads, buildings, and infrastructure, often at the cost of precarious conditions. Ali, an Algerian crane operator in France, philosophically accepts the harassment faced by immigrants like himself on construction sites and in daily life. He hopes to escape his situation with the money he wins in the lottery, and from the top of his crane, he allows himself to dream, observing the world through binoculars. One day, the jackpot falls...

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Status: Released

Language: AR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Production Countries
Algeria
Spoken Languages
Arabic French

Keywords

algeria neo-colonialism working immigrants migratory workers djazair algerian diaspora poor workers sociological comedy french immigration history

Quick Facts

Original Title Ali au Pays des Mirages
Release Date December 17, 1980
Status Released
Language AR
IMDb ID tt0327407
Website Visit Site

Cast

Djelloul Beghoura
Djelloul Beghoura

Ali

Mustapha El Anka
Mustapha El Anka

Saïd Hilmi
Saïd Hilmi

Salah

Corinne Brodbeck
Corinne Brodbeck

Thérèse

Albert Delpy
Albert Delpy

Jean-Christophe

Larbi Zekkal
Larbi Zekkal

Mustapha Kateb
Mustapha Kateb

Ahmed Snoussi
Ahmed Snoussi

Ahmed

Henri Poirier
Henri Poirier

Andrée Tainsy
Andrée Tainsy

Jean Valmont
Jean Valmont

Donato Bastos
Donato Bastos

Key Crew

Ahmed Rachedi
Director
Ahmed Rachedi
Writer
Rachid Boudjedra
Writer