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Mektoub

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Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been living in the Paris suburbs for several years. He is disappointed when he arrives in Nanterre, where Salah lives in a shantytown. Without any support, Ahmed has to make the daily rounds of the employment offices, like so many other immigrants who, like him, have been lulled into complacency.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1970-09-23

Runtime: 85 mins

Director: Ali Ghalem

Writer: Ali Ghalem

Spoken language: العربية, Français

Genres: Drama

Original title: Mektoub

Production Companies: Comptoir Français du Film Production

Production Countries: France

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