Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out
1981•1h 30m•9.7•Released
Comedy
In 1980, Lionel Stoléru—France’s Secretary of State for Migrant Workers—introduced a "repatriation grant" of 10,000 francs (known as the "Stoléru million"), paid to immigrants who agreed to return permanently to their countries of origin. One Algerian family decided to leave France. Upon arriving in the small rural town of Boufarik, Algeria, in a brand-new Peugeot 404, they caused a scandal. Their liberated ways drew the villagers' ire, and the two children knew nothing about Algeria or local customs. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, and in 1982, it won the Critics' Prize at the Chamrousse International Comedy Film Festival.
Director
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Writer
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Languages
French, Arabic
Studio
Fennec Productions
Cast
Yves Neff
Mus
Fatiha Fawzi
Fifi
Mostéfa Stiti
Lounès, le père
Hubert Deschamps
Si Kaddour
Mustapha El Anka
Si Tayeb
Kader Kada
Bachir
El Hadja
Aïcha, la grand-mère
Annie Rousset
Djouher, la mère
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mokrane
Sir Lechea
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