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CHEB (1991)

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Film details

Featuring

Mourad Bounaas Nozha Khouadra Pierre-Loup Rajot
Director

Rachid Bouchareb
Countries

Algeria France
Year

1991
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

"Cheb" which means "young" in Arabic looks at the predicament of a young teenage boy, who was raised in France. Because of some illegal infraction, he is stripped of his resident-alien status and deported from France - the only home he has known. Conscripted into the Algerian army, he feels a misfit not even being able to speak Arabic. He goes AWOL to join his girlfriend, a French born Arab who cannot accept the traditional Algerian woman's place in society. They then try to evade capture and return to France.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Mourad Bounaas
  - cast member
    
    Nozha Khouadra
  - cast member
    
    Pierre-Loup Rajot
  - cast member
    
    Cheik Doukouré
  - cast member
    
    Neiji Beida
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Rachid Bouchareb
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    3B Production
  - Production Company
    
    Artedis
  - Production Company
    
    E.N.P.A. (Algeria)
  - Production Company
    
    Vecteur Video
  - Producer
    
    Jean Bréhat
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Abdelkrim Bahloul
  - Script
    
    Christian Zerbib
  - Script
    
    Rachid Bouchareb

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