Cheb
Top 10 Billed Cast
Merwan
Malika
La mère de Merwan
Le taxi clandestin
Le capitaine
Ceccaldi
Garçon du hammam
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After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on the street.
Release Date
1991-06-05
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10
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