Return to Algiers | Là-bas... mon pays
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
Description: Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
Genres: Drama
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Played Pierre Nivel
Samy Naceri
Played Issam
Mathilda May
Played Nelly Azera
Nozha Khouadra
Played Leila/Amina
Pierre Vaneck
Played Blanville
Lorànt Deutsch
Played Versanti
Wadeck Stanczak
Played Francis
Elsa Zylberstein
Played Pierre Nivel's wife
Matthias Van Khache
Played Étienne
Dora Doll
Played Paula Azera
Mostéfa Stiti
Played Fadel
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Played Fadel's brother
Jean-Claude de Goros
Played Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's father
Françoise Armelle-Chiche
Played Henri Nivel, Pierre Nivel's mother
Marie Guillard
Played Alexandra
François-Xavier Noah
Played Pierre Nivel, young
Raphaël Lenglet
Played Issam, young
Saïd Amadis
Played Nader Mansour
Daniel Saint-Hamont
Played Narrator
Nadia Samir
Played
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