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After being expelled from France, where he has lived since the age of one, Merwan is sent back to Algeria, the country of his birth. Arriving in a country whose language and customs he barely knows, he is stripped of his belongings and left without a home. Determined to return to France, the only place he considers home, Merwan finds himself caught between a country that rejects him and another that he no longer knows.

Directed by Rachid Bouchareb
Screenplay Abdelkrim Bahloul Rachid Bouchareb Christian Zerbib
Cast Mourad Bounaas Nozha Khouadra Pierre-Loup Rajot
Music Safy Boutella
Cinematography Youcef Sahraoui
Editing Guy Lecorne
Production Companies 3B Productions Artédis CRRAV, ENPA
Festival de Cannes
1991 | Perspectives du Cinéma Français
Prix Perspectives du Cinéma Français
Prix PROCIREP
Prix de la Jeunesse
Prix du Public — Mention spéciale
Berlin International Film Festival — Berlinale
1991 | Official Selection
Prix CICAE
Locarno International Film Festival
1991 | International Competition
Léopard de bronze
Festival des Enfants Lumière — Toulouse
1991 | Official Selection
Grand Prix
Film Fest Gent — Ghent International Film Festival
1991 | Official Competition
Georges Delerue Award — Best Soundtrack / Sound Design
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur — FIFF
1991 | Official Competition
Bayard d’Or — Best French-Speaking Film
Bayard d’Or — Best Actress — Nozha Khouadra
International Film Festival Rotterdam — IFFR
1992 | Official Selection

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